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Hi Antonio,
Heh. Too funny. This go-around, I specifically avoided any mention of what this could mean outside pure missile performance possibilities, including utility to LO-enabled fighters of any kind, much less just the F-35. I wanted to focus on the new data point and implications for the missile design capabilities.
I don't know about anyone else, but when I read Connor's study, the first thing that struck me was how his scenarios and GR&As went out of their way to avoid/minimize non-missile factors (while keeping RED AIR numerical superiority). Opponents in his scenarios could have just as easily all been flying F-15s, as they were all modeled to be 'F-15 like'. The potential advantages of the CUDA/SACM concept might just be greater for keeping 4th Gen fighters alive at the edges of a fight as for making LO airplanes more effective. Who knows?
Thanks for coming by, and for the kind words.
Jul 17, 2015, 3:54:04 AM
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