*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi Kim, Wow! it really is a pretty big fighter. When you compare the data you have mentioned Kim it's easy to see that the F-16 is much smaller. I think the main reason for the size of the SUE's is it's strike capability it has massive internal fuel tanks to maintain itself in the air for longer periods than most ...

*** Posted by Kim Nielsen *** To be honest I have never seen the SU's at their true potential though it would be nice so we could guage their performance better. xxxxxxxx I have been surfing quite a lot around to find pic.s illustrating the size of the flanker. But for at start one can mention the measurements of the two (SU/F-16): Lenght: 70 ...

*** Posted by run *** Yes, but they are getting better and better. First generation missiles had a tendency to go for the sun and reflections. I don't know who designed them run [Hi RUN, Wow! That's interesting. Is it possible for the missle to get confused in some way with other heat emmiting sources & who designed and developed the ...

*** Posted by run *** [Hi, This is really interesting. Do you think some of the big manufacutrers of today are working on such devices. If we had a bit more technology knowledge I think this could be done, but today these large balistic interceptor lasers need to be cooled to unbelivable temps and they demand huge amounts of power. It would ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi, This is really interesting. Do you think some of the big manufacutrers of today are working on such devices. If we had a bit more technology knowledge I think this could be done, but today these large balistic interceptor lasers need to be cooled to unbelivable temps and they demand huge amounts of power. It would

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*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi RUN, Wow! That's interesting. Is it possible for the missle to get confused in some way with other heat emmiting sources & who designed and developed the cooled heat seeker? Rapier [It's a lot more sensitive when you cool it down. Cooling made it possible to go from tail acpect only to all aspect.]

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi, They could still be called rockets even though todays rockets are dumb, theoretically speaking all rockets fly in a straight line but they are guided in some way by the targeting computer & pilot of say the F-16, so they are not totally dumb they just follow orders from the pilot, but todays rockets have not ...

*** Posted by run *** [Hi, I've been thinking about the counter measures (flares & Chaff) on todays fighter aircraft. How well do they function in real combat? What if they developed a counter measure that is like a small missle and can be fired from the plane in any angle (like a gun turret). These small missles could be made to track ...

*** Posted by run *** It's a lot more sensitive when you cool it down. Cooling made it possible to go from tail acpect only to all aspect. Fx does something that's 25 degrees Celsius not feel especially hot to you, but if you stick your finger in a bucket of ice for 10 minutes & feel it again it would feel hot ;o) Run [Hi, Why do IR A-A ...