Boeing Rolls Out 1st F-15SA for Royal Saudi Air Force

[Yzd Khalifa]

@Bubblegum Crisis

Do you believe that the RSAF is going after the F-35 (; ..

 

[gambit]

@gambit your thoughts on these pics?

We have gone through these before. Do you see that little 'dingleberry' on the underside of the F-22? That is a passive radar enhancer designed from the 'luneburg lens' construction. Also spelled 'luneberg'.

RCS Radar Cross Section, Lüneberg Reflector lensref - Luneburg radar

The Luneberg reflector gives an homogeneous response inside a wide angle. It is an ideal passive responder, perfect for highlighting, and eventually monitoring the radar target to which it is attached, with a high level of security.
The Luneberg lens is the most efficient passive radar reflector available.
The Luneberg reflector requires no power supply nor maintenance.

Go back and look at your images again. You will see it.

What this mean is that during that exercise, opposition fighters needed assistance in order to track and target the F-22. Without that assistance via the enhancer, they would not be able to radar lock the F-22 at all. Within visual range, they may be able to detect it, but not likely radar lock it.

The B-2, F-117, F-22, and F-35 must fly with enhancers so air traffic controllers can 'see' them on their radar scopes.

 

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