A need for better engine would have been there if there would have been a significant weight addition by newer avionics and importantly AESA (which would have definately added more weight).....If the newer avionics turn out to be smarter than the earlier ones, we may even have more TWR with the same RD-93....
wrong opposing pilot will look in his radar screen jf-17 is not stealth yaar . and IR missiles reach to heat not smoke
Common aircraft "hot spots" seen by an infrared missile seeker
Concept of an infrared guided missile
What the human eye sees versus what a missile seeker sees in IR or RF
Rapid Bloom Chaff (RBC) creates a "cloud" to decoy a missile
The smoke results from unburnt fuel, thus a statement with continuously smokey engine is that it would be less efficient than a smokeless engine. Having said that most of the engines around the globe suffer from this problem when the are on reheat, which includes a sudden increase in fuel supply, often resulting in incomplete burning and thus smoke. The disadvantage however, of a consistently smokey engine is that it increases the chances of visibility of aircraft in case of a dogfight. However, if somebody says that It enhances the IR signature, that would be an exaggeration since IR signatures depend upon the IR profile, which depends upon aircraft's heat signature (to which smoke does not add anything)......Yes if the missile is dual seeker i.e. has both IR and Optical Seekers, then it would be a problem.
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How you people think that JFT will get AESA in just 4 years whether typhoon and rafale didn't get it up till now,it will be a big achievement if we get some advancment in very small time of its production
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