Hehe, distracting from EFs shortfalls with F16 B60 capabilities now?
Really , or it's other way round . If i remember correctly you claimed something for
all MRCA jets .
Sancho wrote -
Unique capabilities that EF and
several other MMRCA contenders simply don't offer yet, or even will not have at all!
http://www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/4347-mrca-news-discussions-post1527356.html#post1527356
Yes I remember and I thanked you for those infos back then, but we both also agreed on the fact that the F16 IN won't have the Northrop EWS and avionics the UAE has, but new developed versions by Raytheon, which will be the base for upgrades of older F16 in future.
Still ,you can't deny that such tech exists in F16 developed in 2000-02 time frame .
And if India asks for customization to get these sensors , We can always have them . like - CFT with refuel probe for MRCA , Datalink-2 for IAF grid developed for IAF specifications.
No wonder when oliver Prince claims F16IN is the most advanced block ever developed . If tech in SPECTRA is such a game changer (even greater than AESA radar) then IAF won't ignore it .
Until then EWS on F16/every other jet is compliant and acceptable to IAF .
from your post earlier
http://www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/4347-mrca-news-discussions-290.html#post1525753
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VQMh1GhIehY/TWldNwnBHUI/AAAAAAAAM1s/Q0EQOK1VqOc/s1600/GP1.jpg
2nd page 5th para .
Lets sum up the facts once again! SPECTRA has interferometry techs to not only detect threats, but also geolocate them.
Yes, UAEs F16 B60 has similar techs, but that EWS was specially developed for them (also funded by them), not for India, or other F16 operators. F16IN has the Raytheon ACES EWS, without such locating capabilities, just like EFs DASS, or the normal F18SH (the Growler might have it, by the fact that it carries more specialised EW equipment, for example in the ESM wingtip pods) don't have it. The only other MMRCA apart from Rafale is Gripen NG that is planed to have similar techs in future, or at least available for us, but with SPECTRA beeing an operational system for nearly a decade now and still beeing improved, it should be clear which system is the best.
See , now you explore possibility of three jets having similar sensors , contrary to
[Sancho wrote -
"Unique capabilities that EF and several other MMRCA contenders simply don't offer yet, or even will
not have at all!"]
note - not at all .
As i said earlier - If IAF wants and feels is a necessity- to be compiant as per contract .
Other manufacturer's have to install it
If you want to admit it or not, it is more than a normal self- protection system and offers more defensive and offensive capabilities.
Of course all modern EWS suites are more than normal - simple protective gears , my post earlier
middle bold part and links about EW suites
http://www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/4347-mrca-news-discussions-147.html#post996995
These are unique so far and are the key to make Rafale more suited alongside MKI and LCA than any other MMRCA contender!
That is your personal opinion and not necessary to be in coherent to IAF view . You think Rafale is best suited while I think Gripen is much more suited .
we can continue to argue on that , for years with any conclusion .
As I said from the start, Rafale will have less AESA radar range than other fighters in the competition (while not beeing worse at all!), but they did that on purpose, because they don't wanted to rely on a single sensor only, but make full use of all sensors and weapon capabilities they have and the key to this is SPECTRA!
Any source to confirm or just your logic -----------
I say, lack of enough volume in nose forced to install a 700 TRM radar . Now prove it otherwise .
BTW before i forget again and take a break for 48 hrs , my queries still unanswered from prev below post,.......
http://www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/4347-mrca-news-discussions-290.html#post1526165