Challenge : Contest air superiority from F-15C

Khanzeer

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I can't say for certain, but the missiles were specifically designed to include the Foxbat.
I didn't know that
I thought only R60 and R40 can be carried by foxbat
R73 by fulcrum flanker and flogger k only not even the foxhound
 

CalBear

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Kevlar has been around since 1965, and I believe UHMWPE predates that.
Not really worried about the wire, worried about a jet fighter making 9G maneuvers with a couple kites trailing it by 25 or 30 meters and what impact those drones will have on the ability of the aircraft to engage in ACM at MACH speeds.
 
Not really worried about the wire, worried about a jet fighter making 9G maneuvers with a couple kites trailing it by 25 or 30 meters and what impact those drones will have on the ability of the aircraft to engage in ACM at MACH speeds.

Well that’s what they do now. Towed decoys are on most Western fighters.
 
Do we really think the Iraqis or Saudis would fire on a european airliner only slightly off its flight plan with a broken radio and smoke coming out in peacetime? I think the risk to the people involved of being purged in response to placate the European government or oil/defence/banking company chartering the flight might be very serious?

We are only talking about 3+ AWACS and tankers ie large fragile aircraft parked outside, even a few commandos with M72s/RPG7s/Charlie G (even better if they have TOW type system) from a distance might hit them sufficiently to stop them flying for a few days? If they actually get right to them then incendiaries and satchel charges should destroy them quickly.....
Agreed but if you can try it why not.....apart from potentially reputational damage from being the obvious aggressor rather than having a mutual incident escalate out of control...?

Always curious about this, What’s the best part of the AWACS to hit on the ground for maximum denial if they only have small arms or few explosives? Engine and wings or fuselage?
 
Always curious about this, What’s the best part of the AWACS to hit on the ground for maximum denial if they only have small arms or few explosives? Engine and wings or fuselage?
I'm not sure it really matters, we are not talking about NATO with large high quality workshops that will rebuild them in a couple of days?

What are you using I'm not sure any explosives count as really "few" if they can actually walk up to the AWAC for more than a couple of minutes, simply setting fire to it with incendiaries might be very effective?

I would think engines would be the easiest to be swapped out from other 707s ie tankers or airliners? Anything like a main load bearing part of the wing or fuselage would presumably take them out of the war?
 
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