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If you see the intakes on the second plane, they are round intakes, which means its hornet C\D not E\F which have rectangular intakes.
Let me try to understand. First you show me that those horizontal lines near the radome are coolers or linked with the AESA radar. Now I show you those lines with an old plane and a Spanish hornet with o EASA and you still think you are correct? Where did we miscommunicate?
If you gentlemen wish to identify an AESA.. best to look at the antenna itself.
Current AESA antenna's are thick due to the T/R modules.
A normal PD antenna is a nice thin flat plate..
Although.. I suppose with the continuing miniaturization of power circuits..newer AESA's may get thinner and smaller as well.
If this was what you are discussing...
Not sure who knows more..
But the both of you are definitely on entirely different pages.
What he is alluding to.. is this:
These are strip lights(not sure of the exact technical name for them) and generally seen on Boeing or specifically the MD jets...
The F-111 also had such lighting.
The UAEAF F-16's have such reflectors on the tails and I suppose on the nose as well.. a better end to this debate would be a night shot of the F-16E to see if it has a glowing strip on the nose where the purported ventilation for the AESA is said to be.
I do think though.. that those are the strip lights..
The blacked out type are supposed to be NVG and IR friendly..
Another way to wait for a shot of the J-10b at night.. or try to check the tail or other surfaces for these strips..
Since quite a few modern jets carry these low voltage lights.
Not sure who knows more..
But the both of you are definitely on entirely different pages.
What he is alluding to.. is this:
These are strip lights(not sure of the exact technical name for them) and generally seen on Boeing or specifically the MD jets...
The F-111 also had such lighting.
The UAEAF F-16's have such reflectors on the tails and I suppose on the nose as well.. a better end to this debate would be a night shot of the F-16E to see if it has a glowing strip on the nose where the purported ventilation for the AESA is said to be.
I do think though.. that those are the strip lights..
The blacked out type are supposed to be NVG and IR friendly..
Another way to wait for a shot of the J-10b at night.. or try to check the tail or other surfaces for these strips..
Since quite a few modern jets carry these low voltage lights.
If the Fc-20 is using the IR capable lights.. then it seems a sure bet.. that the jet is being designed from the onset to be a true MR.. capable of Day/night precious strikes..in other words.. a MRCA.
There are other ways to assume an AESA..
for one thing.. why the redesigned nose??
There seemed nothing wrong with the last one.. and the F-16 DSI demonstrator showed that the DSI need not effect nose aerodynamics.