Philip the Arab
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What is the opinion of the Egpytian and Arab members on the K-FX for the Egyptian air force?
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I’m not a supporter of any stealth fighter procure. I’m sure they’ll be as detectable as 4th gen if powerful AESA radars are provided.What is the opinion of the Egpytian and Arab members on the K-FX for the Egyptian air force?
Depends on bands of radars, detecting a fighter means nothing without the ability to engage it whereas stealth is optimised for Fighter and tracking radars. Even than generally standoff weapons will be used outside missile range against ground targets.I’m not a supporter of any stealth fighter procure. I’m sure they’ll be as detectable as 4th gen if powerful AESA radars are provided.
But IMO developing a good network where ground based AESA radars and IR sensors could guide the missiles to Stealth fighters would be cheaper - and would leave stealth partially useless.Depends on bands of radars, detecting a fighter means nothing without the ability to engage it whereas stealth is optimised for Fighter and tracking radars. Even than generally standoff weapons will be used outside missile range against ground targets.
UHF and VHF cannot provide firing solution because they are too inaccurate.
It is an error in the news to say F3R sees the arrival of AESA. AESA came before (first plane delivered with AESA in 2012 or 2013). F3R maily bring the Meteor and Talios Recce pod plus some improvements to the radar and Spectra.
F4 is focused on communication, so as to be as the F35 a communication nod, The new 1000kg AASM, the new MICA NG. Plus as every standard, some improvments on the radar and Spectra (GaN on Spectra emitters).
It was rumored that F4 will bring the multistatic technology. Officially it is not the case. But unofficially....
Depends on bands of radars, detecting a fighter means nothing without the ability to engage it whereas stealth is optimised for Fighter and tracking radars. Even than generally standoff weapons will be used outside missile range against ground targets.
UHF and VHF cannot provide firing solution because they are too inaccurate.
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What is the opinion of the Egpytian and Arab members on the K-FX for the Egyptian air force?
No decisiv news.Totally agree. BTW, have you found out anything from the Rafale forumers or anyone close to the brass about the EAF's jets and if in fact they are F3R? Just a reminder, that was what the literature had said at the time that they were brought up to the standard during final assembly and prior to delivery.
Interesting how they've made several trips up to Toulon for specialized training. I remember one of them was the Buddy-buddy refueling training and the other time they escorted president Sisi's aircraft into France and then they were in turn escorted by French Rafales to Toulon.
Nighttime training missions in Toulon.
After detection, it exchanges radar information with C4I complexes. It operates in conditions of jamming and carries out direction finding of active noise jammers.
Yaa i dont there is any chance Egypt could be a member, the fighter itself integrates so much American and Israeli avionics, so i would rule out Egypt even being interested in that program.
What is the opinion of the Egpytian and Arab members on the K-FX for the Egyptian air force?
Either Su-57 I guess or J-31 if it reaches production. Maybe even both for Hi-Low stealth combination.the purchases of the MiG & Su-35s, I think it's only logical that they pursue the Su-57 to be the EAF's eventual 5th generation aircraft, regardless of whomever thinks of it as a 5th or not a 5th. It only makes sense that they go that route unless there is a major fallout with Russia, which I doubt.