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  1. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Somehow, I found this in my YouTube feed... ... a bunch of meme videos in which someone used an AI version of that one missile video to roast other aircraft. This one being with our favorite flying pigs. ;)
  2. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Actually, it was less 'bad economy' and more like they were still working on expanding their titanium production and processing capabilities. People forget that titanium is a complete and utter bitch to work with, as in 'makes how long it took us to use aluminum en mass look a hop and a skip'...
  3. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Grandpa BUFF story time...
  4. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    It should be noted that there are very few ways to stealth an aircraft, and features that would, say, make an aircraft easier to maneuver would absolutely ruin the stealth features... which leads to stealth aircraft being basically the same.
  5. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Only useful to reduce RCS, not give it stealth capability in its entirety. It requires a whole new airframe design for that.
  6. Aaron Fox

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    This. The sad reality is that SEAD is supposed to allow you entry into the protected airspace. IAD's primary objective is to keep enemy aircraft from operating within their area with minimal losses. NATO SEAD operations failed in the former, and Serbian IADS succeeded immensely in the latter...
  7. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Serbia achieved all of its IADS objectives during that conflict -even bagging an F-117! Iraq can't fight out of a paper bag... and it still managed to get quite a few kills. So what does that tell you? SEAD/DEAD is only going to work on someone that is basically completely braindead.
  8. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Well, yes and no. It's a variety of things that make AAGs capable of their job. The biggest is explosive filler. Due to how the relationship of caliber and HE works (for example, a 120mm mortar has a tendency to be only single-digit kilograms in HE filler, but for 35 more caliber, a 155mm round...
  9. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Which was based on Nazi 55mm cannons the Soviets captured, particularly because it can be easily linked to a computerized fire control system as-is (a feature of the Nazi 55mm autocannon systems in question). In a period before Bofors managed to shrink the VT fuse into a 40mm package (and, in...
  10. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Here's the thing, you're stuck with a legacy definition of CAS (which is borne out of WW2 and Korea). Modern CAS is not where the aircraft is but where the ordinance lands. If that bit of ordinance lands close to the troops, then it's CAS.
  11. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Or the eventual refinement and proliferation of Q-Radar systems, which laugh at pesky jamming that isn't "lol, no one gets to use any radar". [gets shot down because the AD battery's radar picked up the A-10 well enough away, the battery commander gets the MANPAD team into position, and then...
  12. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    No, it wasn't. It was considered ineffective during Gulf 1 and 2; the F-111 (the 'vark) was better than the A-10 in that role. It has the most Blue-on-Blue incidents of any US aircraft, even with the 'cheat' that the USAF did with only tracking after the worst incidents happened. You heard that...
  13. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Which is a no-go in the environment after the 1960s (when everyone and their brother were mounting radar sets to aircraft that could handle them). The thing with aircraft now is that they require a lot of training, specifically electronics, instead of avionics. In addition, the old adage in...
  14. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Most of those are basically 'concept feasibility studies' than genuine projects. Basically, they ask the question 'is this [insert concept here] feasible?' and might grow from there.
  15. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    You'll need literal anti-grav to make them anywhere near practical.
  16. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Yeah, it wouldn't work out like that... it's rather telling that even Johnny Quest's rendition of the concept was basically flying platforms that didn't carry much in terms of personnel (smaller ones were limited to two while the larger ones were limited to a half-dozen at best) nor armament...
  17. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    The funny thing about those is that they were kind of deadly for their operators, and they couldn't do much due to the tyranny of physics. Johnny Quest loved to use something similar, however.
  18. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    It should be noted that the P-38 was the best example of the 'Destroyer' multi-role aircraft concept. A heavy fighter that can escort bombers, do interceptions, even ground support.
  19. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Here's the thing, the US is so dependent on the idea that they would have air dominance. Without that cornerstone, the US military is severely weakened. Can't fight if you're constantly getting bombed the moment you poke your head out. The USAF has to be several steps ahead in the RnD game...
  20. Aaron Fox

    Warbirds Thread

    Yes and no. Aircraft design and manufacture is an ever-evolving field and for the US, it needs to be far ahead of the rest of the game to stay 'competitive' given just how much its military planning and requisitions are structured around complete air dominance. If the US slips up in this, well...
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