Last part of the Discovery Channel's "Ultimate Strike Planes", a documentary that speaks about the most noticed and diffused war planes. This is about the Eurofighter Typhoon.
@SDIR5678 I see, Yeah it's because the F-35 is VLO based. F-35C should be a very good jet. It will be able to slew it's missiles via 360 degrees and will have a similiar HD Helmet to the EF one I sent you. The pilot won't have to turn his jet to shoot. He can just look at the target and tell the system to fire
@SDIR5678 I really shoould of read your comment correctly before posting lol. You said 'best looking'. It's strange because from some angles I think the EF looks best but from others I think it looks ugly. In my opinion, older jets like the F-15/F-16 are far better looking than both the EF, F-22 & Rafale
PS: Rafale was designed as a multi role carrier born jet. EF was designed as an air dominace fighter. Rafale cannot fly above 45,000 feet, cannot supercruise with munitions & is slower than EF. The higher and faster you go, the more kenetic energy you get on your missiles. A jet would have to use reheat just to be able to catch a mach 1.3 supercruising EF. A jet only has around 2 minutes of reheat. Where Rafale is better lies in the ground attack role but this is because it was designed to be so
@SDIR5678 The EF is the superior air dominace fighter, it has more TR modules giving it's AESA radar alot more power, is faster giving it's missiles more energy, can fly at 45,000 feet with a full payload, can supersruise and can sustain high g for longer periods, The Rafale is the better ground attack fighter. Here's a non fanboy technical evaluation carried out by the MMRCA:
h t t p : / / w w w . defence.pk/forums/india-defence/138267-laymans-analysis-our-last-two-mmrca-contenders . html
Yeah. Even the ones they have built were recently grounded again & have been barred from flying above 25,000 feet since Jan this year. I was explaining that one doctrine is not the only doctrine. Europe went down the road of high tech RAM jet missiles and sensors such as PIRATE to counter VLO. Assuming a VLO jet gets a lock on to EF first and launches a BVRAAM, this will alert EF to the posistion of the enemy jet and EF's AESA will jam the BVRAAM. Pirate can then detect heat at 60 miles or so
@hotpocketpoison The Rafale is a backup option should there be any issues with the F-35. I really hope the F-35 is a success because they will look pretty flash on our new carriers in 2019. Boeing and MBDA are working to accomodate the RAM jet missile METEOR internally into the F-35 as well. The Argies won't like that one bit haha
All this is what makes NATO so strong. We cover all doctrines because NATO is essentially different minds working on the same problem where as China is one nation one culture. This is in fact the key to the Wests dominance. You have the Americans working on one area, the Brits on another, the French on another etc. This covers redundancy. So if for example...the Chinese found away to counter VLO....NATO would still have a capability. I would go with F-22 being better but I'm not sure how much by
@SDIR5678 I see, Yeah it's because the F-35 is VLO based. F-35C should be a very good jet. It will be able to slew it's missiles via 360 degrees and will have a similiar HD Helmet to the EF one I sent you. The pilot won't have to turn his jet to shoot. He can just look at the target and tell the system to fire
TheARMAProductions 1 month ago
@TheARMAProductions I was referring to the Rafale as better looking in comparison to the F-35.
SDIR5678 1 month ago
@SDIR5678 I really shoould of read your comment correctly before posting lol. You said 'best looking'. It's strange because from some angles I think the EF looks best but from others I think it looks ugly. In my opinion, older jets like the F-15/F-16 are far better looking than both the EF, F-22 & Rafale
TheARMAProductions 1 month ago
PS: Rafale was designed as a multi role carrier born jet. EF was designed as an air dominace fighter. Rafale cannot fly above 45,000 feet, cannot supercruise with munitions & is slower than EF. The higher and faster you go, the more kenetic energy you get on your missiles. A jet would have to use reheat just to be able to catch a mach 1.3 supercruising EF. A jet only has around 2 minutes of reheat. Where Rafale is better lies in the ground attack role but this is because it was designed to be so
TheARMAProductions 1 month ago
@SDIR5678 The EF is the superior air dominace fighter, it has more TR modules giving it's AESA radar alot more power, is faster giving it's missiles more energy, can fly at 45,000 feet with a full payload, can supersruise and can sustain high g for longer periods, The Rafale is the better ground attack fighter. Here's a non fanboy technical evaluation carried out by the MMRCA:
h t t p : / / w w w . defence.pk/forums/india-defence/138267-laymans-analysis-our-last-two-mmrca-contenders . html
TheARMAProductions 1 month ago
@TheARMAProductions I actually think that the Rafale is the best one of the best looking fighters anywhere. But, stealth does have it's advantages...
SDIR5678 1 month ago
Yeah. Even the ones they have built were recently grounded again & have been barred from flying above 25,000 feet since Jan this year. I was explaining that one doctrine is not the only doctrine. Europe went down the road of high tech RAM jet missiles and sensors such as PIRATE to counter VLO. Assuming a VLO jet gets a lock on to EF first and launches a BVRAAM, this will alert EF to the posistion of the enemy jet and EF's AESA will jam the BVRAAM. Pirate can then detect heat at 60 miles or so
TheARMAProductions 2 months ago
@TheARMAProductions The F-22 has been cancelled though . So its a moot point.
LCStreetPhotographer 2 months ago
@hotpocketpoison The Rafale is a backup option should there be any issues with the F-35. I really hope the F-35 is a success because they will look pretty flash on our new carriers in 2019. Boeing and MBDA are working to accomodate the RAM jet missile METEOR internally into the F-35 as well. The Argies won't like that one bit haha
TheARMAProductions 3 months ago
All this is what makes NATO so strong. We cover all doctrines because NATO is essentially different minds working on the same problem where as China is one nation one culture. This is in fact the key to the Wests dominance. You have the Americans working on one area, the Brits on another, the French on another etc. This covers redundancy. So if for example...the Chinese found away to counter VLO....NATO would still have a capability. I would go with F-22 being better but I'm not sure how much by
TheARMAProductions 3 months ago