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ORIGINAL: SASR

#57 - Su-33 Flanker D
Kh-61 Yakhont (Air Launched Version of the P-800)
Kh-41 Moskit (Air Launched version of the P-270)

ORIGINAL: butch4343

ASRAAM

The same as brimstone, they have a lock on after launch capabilty , so a BOL capabilty again would be good.

Cheers

ORIGINAL: SASR

Got a new loadout for #57 - Su-33 Flanker D



By the Picture :

1 x Kh-61 Yakhont (Air Launched Version of the P-800) or Kh-41 Moskit (Air Launched version of the P-270)

DECM Pods on the wingtips

2 x R-73M

2 x AA-10 Alamo-C

ORIGINAL: butch4343

Loadouts
Jaguar Loadouts

In the anti-armour loadouts , showing 2 BL or RBL-755 per aircraft, this seems light when the aircraft carried equally 4x1000lb bombs or 4x CBU-87 operationaly during desert storm in 1991. These were carried on tandem adaptors on the inboards and a centre line tank.

Could a hypoteical load out be considered for the Jaguar, on the premisies that had the CW continued the aircraft would have been fitted for brimstone, so perhaps 6 weapons on the inboards and a centre line tank. ASRAAM would have also replaced the AIM9s on the overwing stations.

Harrier GR3

Again the anti armour loads seem light, the aircraft would have operated well forward so the need for external tanks would have been almost nil. So I would propose a heavier set of load outs of:

Anti Armour

Either 4 x 68mm SNEB pods or 5 BL755 CBU

Long Range Anti Armour

2 External Tanks and 2 SNEB Pods or 3 BL-755 CBU

A GP Loadout would also be similar substituing the BL775 for 1000lb bombs/ retarded bombs.

Not sure how easy it would be to add these, so heres hoping

ORIGINAL: butch4343

A bug bear of mines is that almost all PGMs have an arbitary minimum launch altitude of 10k Feet applied to them GBU-24 excluded. Now I appreciate air superiortiy hasnt been contested in the last 20 years, so strikers plump to delivery PGMs from medium to high altitude to increase launch envelopes.

That said thats not always been the case, even in Desert Storm , F111s and RAF Tornados carried out low level loft deliveries on pumpmg stations to cut the flow of oil into the gulf. Now whilst we dont do that just now, it maybe that in the future threats favour a return to low level deliveries.

With the advent of GPS guided munitions, its even more pertinent, JDAMs for example can be programmed not only to fly to a waypoint in latitude and longitude, but also altidue to arrive from a specifc angle and direction.

BTW a extended range for dumb bombs and nuclear weapons would be valid as well, IRCC RAF Tornados would loft 8 1000lb bombs around 4 miles onto Iraqi Airfields for a release height of 2700 ft


Could we consider relaxing the release heights? perhaps even some tick box on the ROE page to allow lowlevel use ? similar to the Nuclear Weapons Granted Tab?

Cheers

ORIGINAL: butch4343

Since the CMANO has started included hypothetical and cancelled systems (A great idea IMHO)

Could I suggest the following aircraft be considered for inclusion, please tell me if this is the wrong area for this.

I would include these in a category of Cold War Continued CWC

Firstly the replacement of the F111 with the F15E , would have meant there was a opening for aircraft to replace the EF111. A EF15G combining aspects of both the Spark Varks role but with the teeth to fight back (AGM-88 Capanilty). Given the Strike Eagle CFTS were called FAST packs, Fuel And Sensor/Targetting Packs, there is scope for aircraft to have had an emitter location system, and jamming syetem built in , with the oppertunity to carry addition Prowler/Growler Pods and ARMS carried externally. This would have fufilled the escort jamming role.

EB52 Standoff Jammer

Could we consder the cancelled EB52 stand off jammer variant of the B52H, this would have been a jammer equipped version standing off and jamming both radar and communications from freindly airspace, the jammers would have been mounted internally and the EB52 would have been used to manage the EW battle as well as simply contribute to the battle

Operational SHAMU

The SHAMU was a experimental stealth design, to invetigate the idea of a stealthy E8 J-Stars type aircraft capable of loitering high over enemy airspace, with a LPI radar which would detect and classify advancing soviet armoured coloums, it would pass this information to conventional strike aircraft via secure datalinks for follow on attack. What would be required to add this into the Database

ORIGINAL: emsoy

Will need a lot more info on all of these, sorry [:)] Is nothing to go on at all. What loadouts would the EA-15A Electric Eagle (yes?) carry? And the EB-52A? Should they have the Tacit Rainbow as well? Etc etc. Details please [:D]

ORIGINAL: emsoy

Guys,

I'm looking for up-to-date info on the following Iranian systems. Suspect many of them are simply just part of the overall propaganda campaign and will never reach frontline units. So Im after details that confirm they are real systems already in service or about to enter service. If their status cannot be confirmed I'll simply close the request tickets in our support database and wait for further info (if any will ever appear haha).

- Soumar cruise missile -- need launcher and radar photo, missile stats, operational status... i.e. just about any info you can get your hands on.
- Bavar-373 SAM -- Supposedly a home-built S-300 alternative superior to anything built anywhere else in the world (ahem!) but I haven't been able to dig up any useable info.
- Ghadir OTH radar -- Anything?
- Ya Zahra-3 (YZ-3) SAM -- Ditto.
- Ex-Iraqi Mirage F.1 -- What weapons did they carry operationally? Were they ever turned into a credible war-fighting platform?
- Mersad SAM -- Anything?

Thanks!

ORIGINAL: butch4343
Operational SHAMU

The SHAMU was a experimental stealth design, to invetigate the idea of a stealthy E8 J-Stars type aircraft capable of loitering high over enemy airspace, with a LPI radar which would detect and classify advancing soviet armoured coloums, it would pass this information to conventional strike aircraft via secure datalinks for follow on attack. What would be required to add this into the Database

ORIGINAL: 1Eddie2

It appears the Royal Navy uses the DLF-3 inflatable decoy in on its Type 23s and possibly Type 45s. I've had a look through the database and I can see it's already in game, but I'm not sure which platform it's launched from.

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-la ... soft-kills
http://www.irvingq.co.uk/information/nr_May2002.asp