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20th May 2013, 13:35

Trident replied to a thread Stealth aircrafts have serious problem! in Modern Military Aviation

This assumes the "SAM site" (which may be so spread out as to defy the term site) is cooperative and emitting - something you absolutely cannot take...

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19th May 2013, 17:10

Trident replied to a thread Su-27 vs F-15 in Modern Military Aviation

Not all TVC nozzles are created equal in this regard. Saturn's solution is possibly the one subject to the lowest losses compared to a conventional,...

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19th May 2013, 16:53

Trident replied to a thread Stealth aircrafts have serious problem! in Modern Military Aviation

It is technically a multi-static system, I believe the accepted terminology for this technique (the basic idea for which is not new) is "emitters of...

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18th May 2013, 19:07

Trident replied to a thread Pak-Fa News Thread part 22 in Modern Military Aviation

If Sukhoi does indeed not intend to greatly modify certain details of the T-50 design before putting it into production, the first two might already...

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18th May 2013, 19:04

Trident replied to a thread Pak-Fa News Thread part 22 in Modern Military Aviation

That is a very good question. Possibly Mach 1.72 is more accurately described as the F-22's "top speed in dry thrust" rather than supercruise, which...

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18th May 2013, 15:49

Trident replied to a thread Pak-Fa News Thread part 22 in Modern Military Aviation

If that is even close to the truth (and if by "supersonic" he means comfortably in excess of Mach 1) we might be looking at an aircraft meant to...

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12th May 2013, 13:50

Trident replied to a thread RuAF News and Development Thread part 12 in Modern Military Aviation

I wonder what the cost of cannibalising newer radar sets - either in their entirety or just the relevant parts - from BS airframes and installing...

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5th May 2013, 19:20

Trident replied to a thread Saab Gripen & Gripen NG thread #3 in Modern Military Aviation

AFAIK much of the weight saving is directly related to signature reduction though, as most of it stems from the lower requirement for heavy RAM/RAS...

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3rd May 2013, 18:21

Trident replied to a thread Russian Navy Thread 2. in Naval Aviation

Not to drag this too far off-topic, but... Actually if you want to be purist, that does indeed follow from my thinking, *ideally* what is now...

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3rd May 2013, 13:19

Trident replied to a thread Russian Navy Thread 2. in Naval Aviation

One of them (the biggest by far, affecting several airframes) I'm sure you can guess, and this is not the place to discuss it ;) For all its good...

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