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I respect your credentials, but your reasoning is a bit...off. There's a difference between fear and respect - obviously it's a basic truth of the human condition to be afraid, but the trigger doesn't have to be an enemy plane/weapon. Speaking out of my ass here, but I believe the best trait to have when one has to get through war (alive) is not being necessarily afraid of the enemy, but rather respecting his abilities. For example, an F-15 pilot doesn't necessarily have to be afraid of a bunch of MiG-21s (at least not to the extent of a bunch of Su-27SMs), but his chances of survival in an encounter with a bunch of Fishbeds would not necessarily decrease so long as he respects the abilities of his enemies - indeed, fear might actually decrease the F-15's chances of survival as the pilot might experience emotions like fear clouding his judgement.
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F-117's being phased out starting as of now.
D-Scythe replied to Pilotasso's topic in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2
Why would a precision guided munition bounce off the ground? You want to hit the target directly - if your JDAM is bouncing the ground, you just missed. -
F-117's being phased out starting as of now.
D-Scythe replied to Pilotasso's topic in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2
Bounce off *what*? -
F-117's being phased out starting as of now.
D-Scythe replied to Pilotasso's topic in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2
I would. The Raptor can lob JDAMs cruising at Mach 1.8 and 50 000ft. The fact is, the F-22 can do the surgical strike mission better than the F-117 can, even if we omit all other factors and just focus on hitting a ground target. The Raptor is arguably a better bomber than the Nighthawk in terms of flexibility, speed, range/payload and survivability. -
F-117's being phased out starting as of now.
D-Scythe replied to Pilotasso's topic in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2
Are you sure you "heard" it? Are you sure it wasn't *nothing*? (Don't flip out, it's a Family Guy quote, but it expresses my opinion well) -
Well, they have 4 SPG illumination radars as opposed to 3, so the Ticonderoga should be able to guide more SM-2s onto their targets simultaneously than the Burke's can. Both are also starting to be retrofitted with short-range RAM missile launchers in place of CIWS I think.
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Confirmation: RAAF Super Hornets
D-Scythe replied to Camoman's topic in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2
The higher turbulences are caused by lower wing loading, and yes, the F-15 has a much lower wing loading than either the F-111 or the Tornado (although the ride is supposedly still quite comfortable). However, the benefit of a lower wing loading is very much increased agility. The F-15E is far more agile than either the F-111 or Tornodo IDS in comparable weapon configurations. -
Hmm, will check out, thanks.
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Nope, I couldn't find a single source that says the R-77 can loft, nor that it received any substantial upgrade since it's IOC. Contrast that with AMRAAM.
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It's not an issue of top speed - the AIM-120 should make better use of its energy/keep it better because it has a much smarter auto-pilot that optimizes its trajectory. The R-77 does not. Actually, it doesn't even loft. Add in the fact that it generates more drag, then you see how baseless the notion is that the R-77 out-ranges the AIM-120B/C.
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Which missile was that? The AIM-120?
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I think Chizh would know what he's talking about ;) But if you still have doubts, do a low altitude test and fire an AIM-120 and an R-77 and record their speeds 5 seconds after burn-out, 10 seconds, etc. High altitude, it's not that apparent, because all missiles retain their speeds pretty well (thus the extra speed the R-77 is retained much better).
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Confirmation: RAAF Super Hornets
D-Scythe replied to Camoman's topic in Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 1 & 2
The F-111 will crush the Tornado - it carries more, has longer range, is faster, etc. I'd rather hedge my bets on the F-15E or the Su-34. At least these aircraft have the ability to defend themselves from enemy CAPs if it comes down to it. -
Oh...hmm, my bad then. Smiley next time maybe?
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Um, flares don't care whether they are fired from the left, right, above or below. The F-15 only has flare dispensors on its bottom fuselage and the Su-27 only from the top - does that make them have "half" an ability to launch flares?
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Then you might as well return Lock On to the store because it's ground/people/vehicle FM is so bad. Makes Mario Kart feel real. Honestly, it's an infantry game. What did you expect?
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IIRC, only the F/A-18E/F, some USMC F/A-18s and a handful of Navy Hornets have ASPJ jammers. No Hornet prior to the early/mid 1990s had any self-protection jammers.
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Since when did fighters use noise jamming? It's always been deception ECM AFAIK.
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The point is that IRL you can't macro your ECM to flip on and off a bizzilion times a second.
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Like Bunny-hopping in BF2...wonder if golfsierra would consider that an exploit too.
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Netherlands - can't believe I forgot. But yeah, you're absolutely right - only (some? or all?) foreign Longbows are fully equipped with flares. It seems that Army Longbows are in the process of being retrofitted with the complete ATIRCM package right now - it's possible some of them may have flares already.
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AFAIK, only the WAH-64D British Apaches are fully equipped with flares. The US Army AH-64Ds are getting flares (some really good kinds too, supposedly) as part of its ATIRCM package, which includes the ALE-47 chaff/flare dispenser.
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The ATIRCM includes flares, IIRC - some advanced next generation flare decoy munition or something like that. In any case, the British WAH-64D is already equipped with flares - if the U.S. Army perceives heat-seeking SAMs as a threat, I'm sure they can get their uber-lethal Apaches fitted with them ASAP (if they don't have 'em already). Excellent article about the state of Army weapons/self defense: http://www.aviationtoday.com/rw/military/attack/1534.html