rattler
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...I wonder what the RCS is compared to a C or E model Eagle?-snip-
The competitors are:
Gripen NG, Typhoon, Rafele, F-18 E/F, SU-35BM, MIG-35 and F-16 block 60
The RCS of the Stealth Eagle I have heard reported to be by ppl I basically trust (no official data out yet) "lower than the F-35 *export* version".
Modern AWACS detect targets of 1m2 RCS 250~300 km away, here their maximal effective detection range dispersed on models AFAIK:
- F-15C & Su-27 (RCS = 10~15m2): 450 ~ 600 km
- Tornado (RCS = 8 m2): 420 ~ 500 km
- MIG-29 (RCS = 5 m2): 370 ~ 450 km
- F/A-18C (RCS = 3 m2): 330 ~ 395 km
- F-16C (RCS = 1.2 m2): 260 ~ 310 km
- JAS39 (RCS = 0.5 m2): 210 ~ 250 km
- Su-47 (RCS = 0.3 m2): 185 ~ 220 km
- Rafale (RCS = 0.1~0.2 m2): 140 ~ 200 km
- F-18E (RCS = 0.1 m2): 140 ~ 170 km
- MIG-42 (RCS = 0.1 m2): 140 ~ 170 km
- EF2K (RCS = 0.05~0.1 m2): 120 ~ 170 km
- F-35A (RCS = 0.0015 m2): 50 ~ 60 km (NOTE: NOT the export)
- F/A-22 (RCS < or = 0.0002~0.0005 m2): < or = 30 ~ 45 km
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