Philip the Arab
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It depends I guess, if the UAV is large than it shouldn't be a problem carrying cruise missiles and larger munitions.I like it, bro. I think they've probably already figured out which platform will be used with weapons that aren't limited to ITAR restrictions. If it will be a UCAV like you mentioned, that's great. I think the only limiting factor to that would be size and payload that a UAV or UCAV would be able to carry. Other than that, the platform for larger munitions is probably already decided like I said and my guess is if they can't get them on Rafales for whatever reason the French might have, then it will be the old Mirage 2K with probably less French restrictions, or most likely the Russian beasts.
The Turkish Akinci carries SOM, A2A missiles, LGB, and whatnot.
Haha Yeah, although I don't know if they are still developing it tbh. IMO its likely they are working on a jet engine powered MK80 series with wings for 200+ km range.But I dig those controlling subsystems just as much as I dig that rocket booster and engine with the flying wing kit. What a great idea to basically go one step ahead of the JDAM concept and turn a PGM into an even more precise munition with cruising capabilities. The idea is just phenomenal and it's one of those "why didn't I think of that, dammit!" that many outfits out there are probably kicking themselves in the head for not coming up with it. But, as the Chinese and some others have done, reverse engineering and copying weapon's systems is no more a big violation as it used to be. Everyone seems to be doing it.
In fact the JSOW-ER went from 130km to 400+km with a jet engine similar to the one Halcon produces.
"While the baseline JSOW is a glide-weapon with a maximum range of 116 km when released at high-altitude, the JSOW-ER uses a Hamilton Sundstrand TJ-150 turbojet (as fitted onto Raytheon's MALD powered decoy) to give it a reported range of about 463 km"