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The idea is simpler. Its a restricted engagement scenario.
The only aircrafts that could use the Fakkur-90 effectively on CAP are the Phantoms and Tomcats, its too heavy for all other fighters of the IRIAF. Phantom and Tomcat could also guide it independently if the former gets its radar upgraded. Engagement ranges would range from 80-150km against 1-10m² RCS i.e 3rd and 4th gen fighters. Of course the Phantom would need to get a data-link for mid course update either built into the radar or as separate array. As said in such a scenario Phantoms could do operations inside enemy airspace and CAPs with two Fakkur-90 plus two Sidewinder/Fatter and Tomcats with up to 4 Fakkur-90 and 2 Sidewinder/Fatters.
So much for conventional scenarios which only need some hardware and software changes.
Then we have the exotic variant in which the aircraft has no radar capable to guide the Fakkur-90 and IADS target data is used. This is a unconventional, less flexible, specialized/limited defensive engagement. An airbase or a city close to it is attacked by fighter-bombers and the well established IADS in friendly territory detected and tracks the attackers in 3 dimensions. Here the data-link connection to the intercepting aircraft is firm and robust and data from radars and other IADS assets are fused for a unified picture of the engagement.
In such a environment a F-5 or MiG-29 can effectively do a interception mission from the airbase with 2 Fakkur-90 and use IADS info via data-link only. There is also the option to use the Fakkur-90 with a updated radar to 60km for the F-5 and 80km for the MIG-29 but in such a close to homebase interception mission IADS data could be a good option for up to 150km shots.
Of course like the first scenario the systems must be upgraded to establish a data-link to the Fakkur-90 for mid-course updates, embedding them into ground radars would complicate the matter. As above the communication could be done via the radar array itself or the secondary IFF array or a whole separate, maybe podded data-link array.
So much for the theory as this is just a IRIAF project and the price for one round should still be high, even if locally made, we should not expect widespeared use outside the F-14 fleet. But the idea to give some new unconventional tooth to the old fleet is surely a nice one. Old, previously sword equipped fighters would get bows to remain useful once they become to old for hand to hand combat.
The only aircrafts that could use the Fakkur-90 effectively on CAP are the Phantoms and Tomcats, its too heavy for all other fighters of the IRIAF. Phantom and Tomcat could also guide it independently if the former gets its radar upgraded. Engagement ranges would range from 80-150km against 1-10m² RCS i.e 3rd and 4th gen fighters. Of course the Phantom would need to get a data-link for mid course update either built into the radar or as separate array. As said in such a scenario Phantoms could do operations inside enemy airspace and CAPs with two Fakkur-90 plus two Sidewinder/Fatter and Tomcats with up to 4 Fakkur-90 and 2 Sidewinder/Fatters.
So much for conventional scenarios which only need some hardware and software changes.
Then we have the exotic variant in which the aircraft has no radar capable to guide the Fakkur-90 and IADS target data is used. This is a unconventional, less flexible, specialized/limited defensive engagement. An airbase or a city close to it is attacked by fighter-bombers and the well established IADS in friendly territory detected and tracks the attackers in 3 dimensions. Here the data-link connection to the intercepting aircraft is firm and robust and data from radars and other IADS assets are fused for a unified picture of the engagement.
In such a environment a F-5 or MiG-29 can effectively do a interception mission from the airbase with 2 Fakkur-90 and use IADS info via data-link only. There is also the option to use the Fakkur-90 with a updated radar to 60km for the F-5 and 80km for the MIG-29 but in such a close to homebase interception mission IADS data could be a good option for up to 150km shots.
Of course like the first scenario the systems must be upgraded to establish a data-link to the Fakkur-90 for mid-course updates, embedding them into ground radars would complicate the matter. As above the communication could be done via the radar array itself or the secondary IFF array or a whole separate, maybe podded data-link array.
So much for the theory as this is just a IRIAF project and the price for one round should still be high, even if locally made, we should not expect widespeared use outside the F-14 fleet. But the idea to give some new unconventional tooth to the old fleet is surely a nice one. Old, previously sword equipped fighters would get bows to remain useful once they become to old for hand to hand combat.