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JediMaster

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  1. Most such methods are classified. However, the rough numbers have been released for certain planes. I know the B-52 has one of the largest RCS recorded, 100 sq m or so. The B-1B's is roughly the same size as the F-16 I think, about an order of magnitude less (10 sq m?). Then you have "stealthy" (not stealth) planes like the Typhoon, F/A-18E/F, Rafale, etc that are another order of magnitude less than that (1 sq m?). Then you have the F-117 an order below those, than the F-22 and B-2 an order below THAT (the old "golf ball size"). The F-35 will likely be in the F-117 range.


  2. The advantage in partitioning is if there's a software problem (ie not physical) with the data storage on one partition, you only lose that partition. However, you don't want to put too many on there. I generally split a drive in half.

     

    Never used those programs, though.


  3. The EA-6B has enough pylons to carry HARMs plus the ALQ pods. The EF-111 had only two pylons under the glove and both carried ALQs. It had no pylons for ordnance. The EA-18 has pylons like the EA-6 and will be a hunter too.

     

    While a 4 person crew with the EA-18's suite could certainly out do a 2 man one, any plane capable of carrying 4 people would be slower and more vulnerable. Let's face it, neither AAA nor IR SAMs care about those jammers. You can't jam the MkI eyeball! It's better to have 2 EA-18s instead. :wink:


  4. Eric. All of them. There's nothing wrong with that.

    I've heard tell that Sir Gerald Nabarro has a pet prawn called Simon - you wouldn't call him a loony! Furthermore Dawn Pathorpe, the lady show jumper, had a clam called Stafford, after the late chancellor. Alan Bullock has two pikes, both called Chris, and Marcel Proust had an haddock! So if you're calling the author of 'A la recherche de temps perdu' a loony, I shall have to ask you to step outside!

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