On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 00:48:10 GMT, Thomas Schoene wrote:
"phil hunt" wrote in message
rg

Would the F-35 even get close enough to fire an AMRAAM? Meteor is
longer range, and since the Typhoon is faster it could (depending on
the tactical situation) decide whether to break contact.

Depends a lot on radar capability and intiial detection rhage. if the JSF
is significantly stealthier than the Typhoon , it could get clsoer before
benig vulnerabel to counter-fire.

Possibly. If the F-35 is using its radar, that may well give it
away. If it isn't, thne it might be able to pick up the Typhoon's
radar before the Typhoon knows it (that's likely that the opposiite
scvenario, since the F-35's radar reflection is smaller). But if
the Typhoon switches its radar off too, then the advantage
disappears, and both aircraft are limited to what they can sense
through IR, or what information is passed to them from sensors
elsewhere (for example, on the ground, or on AWACS aircraft).

I think warfare iscreasingly going to be a competition to see who
spots who first, and the first one to get spotted loses. So I see
passive sensors becoming more prominent, and active sensors less so.

That's one part fo the logic of the
F/A-22 and MARAAM -- put the complexity ni the airframe, not the missile.

I'm not sure that's wise, since a missile will always be faster
and more maneouvrable than a manned aircraft.

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