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JHMCS provides support for raster scanned imagery to display FLIR/IRST pictures for night operations and provides collimated symbology and imagery to the pilot. The integration of the night-vision goggles with the JHMCS was a key requirement of the program.
Can you explain how is this replace TVC?
why is maneuverability important....to prevent one's AC from being shoot or locked...with JHMCS or (Generically HMD) the targeting is made so easy that maneuverability has virtually become subdued.
HMD systems, combined with High Off-Boresight (HOBS) weapons, results in the ability for aircrew to attack and destroy nearly any target seen by the pilot. These systems allow targets to be designated with minimal aircraft maneuvering, minimizing the time spent in the threat environment, and allowing greater lethality, survivability, and pilot situational awareness.
Helmet mounted display - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Then there is the weaponry. While Russia (I won't say China since most of their stuff is merely clones of Russian or Western stuff) has some very good missiles, and thus China will probably have them as well, the thing is that the Raptor also carries some of the best missiles in the world. The AIM-9X (which with the Raptors helmet-cued targeting system and agility, and the missile's off-bore ability, would make any short-range engagement with a RAptor highly imprudent), and ofcourse the AMRAAM (which by itself is highly lethal .....BUT THEN ADD the Raptor's kinematic performance, which would give the AMRAAM a significant boost, and also add to this the Raptor's sensory suites, and the AMRAAM goes from being a terrifying missile into becoming the veritable hand of god in aerial engagements!). Actually the Raptor would probably never have to use the AIM-9X .....the AMRAAM would do all the work because there would be almost no chance of a foreign fighter getting close enough to necessitate the use of heaters ....and anyways, the use of heaters (short-range IR missiles) has nowadays become highly dangerous since so many countries are already using IR missiles that have large no-escape zones, off-bore ability and helmet tracking (think about the Ruskie R-73, the German IRis-T, the Euro ASRAAM, our AIm-9X, the Israeli Python 4 and 5), meaning that we are quickly approaching a time when a short-range engagement between aircraft carrying next-gen IR A2A missiles will basically be tantamount to mutually assured destruction (as in MAD ....both planes will shoot each other out of the sky)! And anyways, no pilot wants to close in like that. Most would want to simply destroy their foe from BVR.
High G maneuverability vs. High off-boresight AAMs
AIM-9X provides the war fighter with the following capabilities: full day/night employment,resistance to countermeasures, extremely high off-boresight acquisition and launch envelopes, greatly enhanced maneuverability and improved target acquisition ranges. The AIM-9X airframe coupled with other advanced features gives fighter pilots a significant tactical advantage in the dogfight arena. The AIM-9X uses an extremely agile thrust
vector controlled airframe.
http://www.raytheon.com/capabilitie...uments/content/rtn_rms_ps_aim9x_datasheet.pdf