tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post7309903413974657577..comments2024-03-29T13:09:31.522+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: VTAS and AgileUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-16126349735959812282016-06-09T09:25:40.379+02:002016-06-09T09:25:40.379+02:00I agree that one shouldn't expect CAS to solve...I agree that one shouldn't expect CAS to solve all tactical issues, but when CAS is needed far better results are achieved by the pilot solution then the engineer one.<br />Sometimes they are right.Madnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18111733709081883454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-21879166774435015602016-06-08T07:32:47.491+02:002016-06-08T07:32:47.491+02:00Seriously, I care about the American fixation on A...Seriously, I care about the American fixation on A-10 and CAS even less than about the neverending tracks vs. wheels debate.<br />CAS is badly overrated.<br />https://defense-and-freedom.blogspot.de/2009/05/close-air-support.html<br /><br />But yes, AMRAAM has a horrible track record in real combat, even against opponents who had no ECM or even no functioning radar warning receiver. Newer versions may be better, but MICA RF rather has a reputation for having a worse radar than AMRAAM, and nobody knows how Meteor will work out.<br /><br />Air defences have historically fired up to hundreds of missiles per kill, and BVR air combat missiles may very well end up being as poor.<br />The likely proliferation of 360°x360° passive sensors like DAS as upgrade packages in the 2020's will make surprise against fighters very, very hard even with passive seeker missiles.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-38357945486912875102016-06-07T20:01:22.107+02:002016-06-07T20:01:22.107+02:00There is a good argument to focus on the platform,...There is a good argument to focus on the platform, it is easier to upgrade the ordnance.<br /><br />Not an expert but there are sources that claim that BVR weapons are easily defeated in peer combat.If that is true, the F 35 will never be good.<br /><br />The best CAS aircraft is still the A10, despite all the guided ordnance.Madnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18111733709081883454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-19823886809817282202016-06-06T22:15:37.343+02:002016-06-06T22:15:37.343+02:00https://defense-and-freedom.blogspot.com.es/2016/0...https://defense-and-freedom.blogspot.com.es/2016/06/vtas-and-agile.html<br /><br /><br />That text reminds me a fact (unless Germany gives us a surprise about its aircraft replacement... and months have passed from the last news I know about it): Once all Panavia-Tornado will be scraped in a few years...there will not be "heavy fighters" in Western Europe (nor bombers)... And I think it will be a strange situation (USA, China, India, Russia,... even Japan have heavy fighters -are all wrong?-)<br /><br />If better ammunition could be a very good answer... then be capable of launching more ammunition in less travels seems a good proposition (platform agility is also a good thing to have -> the faster you can position the aircraft to fire it's ammunition the better... and physics is also very important -> with more energy the same ammunition could have better range: in a Canadian study -if I remember well- they theorized that the same ammunition (Air-surface) could have a 40% increased ranged when launched from a F-22 that when launched from a F-35).Bomber@https://www.blogger.com/profile/03671408715617177754noreply@blogger.com