Eurofighter Typhoon - Updates and Discussions
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The best things come to those who wait.This is a rather weak argument to justify such long delays.
Yes of course, but the reason I'm recalling it is because when I said it, I was set on fire by @BMD.
That goes all the way back to 2013, when he claimed Typhoon will get an AESA radar in 2015.
I don't know, France invaded them too.
It was about developing a good AESA rather than a tick in the box AESA.
As always with Justin
The Rafale assets are just slightly better....
The EF assets are huges...
always the same BS.
There is nothing about SPECTRA, nothing about the optical OSF ball of the Rafale and especially nothing about data fusion.
There is also the fact that the Rafale is largely "combat proven", whereas despite the British engagement in Libya (2011), or in Le Levant against Daech (since the end of 2014), we are still waiting for evidence of decisive air-to-ground strikes of the Typhoon (supposedly capable of firing cruise missiles, and the whole panoply of guided bombs, to make CAS/strikes of opportunity...).
British defence journalists have assumed on their own that the Typhoon and Rafale have similar amounts of data fusion, and both are inferior to the F-35.
They don't care about OSF because Typhoon has the Pirate.
As for SPECTRA, they think it's similar to the Typhoon's EW suite.
So, all in all, both are similar aircraft, but Typhoon is better because it will someday have a bigger and more advanced AESA radar and has superior supersonic performance because of its more powerful engines.
You can't beat their logic.
@BMD
The last time I saw a delivery date for the Typhoon in Kuwait was for the end of 2020, I predicted it wouldn't be until April 2021, do you have a new date or was I too optimistic?
www.strategicfront.org
The last time I saw a delivery date for the Typhoon in Kuwait was for the end of 2020, I predicted it wouldn't be until April 2021, do you have a new date or was I too optimistic?
Eurofighter Typhoon - Updates and Discussions
What about the Italians? They are closed to the British but it's not official. In parallel, Italy and the UK are teamed on a separate project, dubbed ECRS Mk. 2, managed by Leonardo Italy and Leonardo UK, although there has been no indication of any government funding for this effort. Both...
@BMD
The last time I saw a delivery date for the Typhoon in Kuwait was for the end of 2020, I predicted it wouldn't be until April 2021, do you have a new date or was I too optimistic?
Eurofighter Typhoon - Updates and Discussions
What about the Italians? They are closed to the British but it's not official. In parallel, Italy and the UK are teamed on a separate project, dubbed ECRS Mk. 2, managed by Leonardo Italy and Leonardo UK, although there has been no indication of any government funding for this effort. Both...
I'm curious too. The original delivery date was 2019, 2 aircraft in the last quarter. Then it got pushed to the end of 2020.
Well it did spread across the world East to West and France had it before we had it.It must be the fault of the immigrants and Europeans who brought the virus to the UK.
You can't build an aircraft during a full lockdown.
F-35 work continues in Italy despite coronavirus lockdown
Italy’s nationwide lockdown for COVID-10 has not affected the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s supply chain there, says prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
www.defensenews.com
I doubt Typhoon production was stopped during the lockdown.
During the so called full lockdown in France in March April last year, I was working every day on site. And all my factory as well.
But I'm not an english man....
He tried to find a bad alibi to justify another delay in AESA radar ....F-35 work continues in Italy despite coronavirus lockdown
Italy’s nationwide lockdown for COVID-10 has not affected the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s supply chain there, says prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
I doubt Typhoon production was stopped during the lockdown.
All non-frontline work is stopped. You can't visit relatives either.F-35 work continues in Italy despite coronavirus lockdown
Italy’s nationwide lockdown for COVID-10 has not affected the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s supply chain there, says prime contractor Lockheed Martin.
I doubt Typhoon production was stopped during the lockdown.
It's already flown in full Kuwaiti spec with AESA.
