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In message , Scott Ferrin
writes In the latest AW&ST it mentions the F-22's radar as having a range of "over 100 miles" and implies that it's greater than the F-15's. I recall reading MANY times in the 80's of the Eagle's radar being more like 150 miles and the Tomcat's nearly 200. Depends on your target. If you're looking for a Bear at 40,000 feet then you'll get ranges limited by the max scale on the scope That number makes for a good advertising brochure, and isn't even unfair since the Tomcat (and the F-15 if doing 'home defence') was worried about Big ******* Bombers back then. I've also read that the ASG-18 in the YF-12 (which was the one the AWG-9 was based on) was good for over 300. So what gives? Are they purposly underselling the APG-77? Is the "over 100 miles" figure against fighter-sized targets while the high figures of the other radars were against bomber-sized targets? I'd guess exactly that - started to write the above and then realised you'd hit the same point yourself. If you're defending against Bears, Badgers and Backfires then radar ranges against large bombers/airliners are fair comparison: these days I'd guess the figures are for more fighter-size targets. -- He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. Julius Caesar I:2 Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk |
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Robey Price wrote:
snip Speaking of trade...Guy got anything to trade me for Ritchie's two Corona Harvest interviews (if you don't have them)...or other SEA "stuff" I might have to interest you. We'll have to compare collections to see -- I don't have Ritchie's interviews. It's been some years since I got the stuff from Maxwell, so I don't have anything new from them as far as CHECO etc. I'm probably going to be a bit busy this week, so it may take me a while to give you a list of what I've got from them. Guy |
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