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With regards to the design of the Israeli bomb: "It is widely assumed that the design of early Israeli nuclear weapons was strongly influenced by the second generation of French-made tactical nuclear weapons – especially the AN-52 nuclear bomb (first tested on 28 August 1972), roughly equivalent to such US-made tactical nuclear weapons as the Mark 7, Mark 8, Mark 11 and Mark 12" And with regards to Israel not wanting to show thier hand as a nuclear power, they did exactly that during the 1973 war: "Israeli then introduced what even the historians of the National Security Archives in Washington refer to as ‘an element of nuclear blackmail’..... .....Shalheveth Freier, the ministerial forum decided to ‘arm and target the nuclear arsenal in the event of total collapse’, or at least a ‘nuclear demonstration’, but also to ‘inform Washington of its unprecedented action’ – and then demand initiation of an ‘emergency airlift to supply Israel..... .....Correspondingly, several MD.620s of No. 150 Squadron were pulled out of their shelters and armed with nuclear warheads, while nuclear bombs were loaded on six modified F-4Es at Tel Nov AB, ‘at least to influence Washington’..... .....Whether it was Kissinger’s agreement – or ‘promise’ – to resupply Israeli stocks of aircraft, tanks and ammunition, or something else that eventually prompted the Israelis to de-activate their Jerichos, remains unclear." 1973-the-first-nuclear-war-crucial-air-battles-of-the-october-1973-arab-israeli-war-9781914377389_compress.pdf Also from another research report about the bombs design: "A. Warhead Type and Fissile Material There is a strong consensus among analysts and in declassified intelligence documents that Israel's early nuclear weapons, including those readied during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, were plutonium-based implosion-type fission devices. The fissile plutonium (weapons-grade Pu-239) was produced at the IRR-2 heavy water reactor and chemically separated from irradiated fuel elements at the associated reprocessing facility, both located at the Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona. The extensive French assistance provided to Israel for the Dimona reactor, heavy water supply, and critical plutonium separation technology was indispensable. Early French nuclear weapons, such as the AN-11 and AN-22 gravity bombs developed in the 1960s, were themselves plutonium-based implosion devices. Given the depth, sensitivity, and clandestine nature of this Franco-Israeli nuclear cooperation, it is highly probable that French technical expertise and design philosophies for plutonium implosion weapons were influential, if not directly shared, during the development of Israel's first generation of nuclear devices. This suggests a potential lineage for early Israeli bomb design that may reflect French technological approaches of that era, adapted to Israel's specific requirements and indigenous capabilities, rather than solely drawing parallels to early U.S. devices like the Fat Man." I researched the absolute s#*t out of this before I was satisfied enough to include a nominal Israeli nuclear bomb based on the AN-52 in this pack. I am satisfied that it is more probably than not that this is how the bomb was designed (with French influence/ assistance) and looked (influenced if not based on the AN-52). The existence, warhead type and yield is beyond doubt. As is the placing of nuclear armed aircraft on alert to 'persuade' the American's to help and 'just in case' after the failed Israeli counterattack in the Sinai. This pack is not a 'what if' and is as factual as possible. P.S. I absolutely love Tom Clancy books, games and movies but sorry Tom there's no way the Skyhawk carried Israel's nuclear bombs, it was the Mirage first and then the Phantom

F-4E Kurnass Israeli Airforce pack 3.3 uploaded and awaiting approval. 3.3: - AN/AXQ-14 (IDF) and AN/AWW-9 added. Appropriate loadouts and campaigns adjusted accordingly. - Missing GBU-15 added. - F-4E Kurnass now split into F-4E Kurnass and F-4E Kurnass (69) to better reflect the difference between the AN/APS-107 and the AN/APR-36 RWR in the first two batches delivered in 1969. - Nominal Israeli 20kt early nuclear bombs and effects added. Based on author and historian Tom Coopers research.

Hey mate, I'm still keen on checking out that image if it might shed some more light thanks mate @RustyKurnass

F-4E Kurnass Israeli Airforce pack updated to 3.3 (Uploaded and awaiting approval )

Best of luck mate, you will be in our thoughts and prayers

I'm not sure these navy gunsights were depressable. That's why there are so many rings and the ladder from the bottom to the center. Check the F-8 tactical manual I sent you earlier but I don't think there is any mention of depressing the gunsight for bomb aiming etc

According to TK when his forums were up RCS is calculated on the aircrafts overall hit box size. So in other words RCS in the game is simulated by the physical size of the aircraft. The RCS modifying value in the data.ini then reduces the RCS size to take into account RCS reduction technology for that specific aircraft. More detailed information here: I don't mess around with hit boxes so I'm not that knowledgeable on them. But if the hit box is linked to each specific node and therefore the stub wing hit boxes are not 'there' when they are not loaded then technically the game is already not using them for the RCS calculation?

Was there ever a fake pilot spine for this?

Agreed, especially with the F-4G

Did you test if 'RADAR_IN_RANGE_INDICATOR' functions for an IRM missile WITH a radar lock on?

Mate this is incredible work!

Best of luck mate!

Hours spent playing this one in the early 2000's I remember calling in the artillery strikes!

It wasn't just the Arge's either, the Sea Harriers had nothing more sophisticated than bundles of chaff rigged in thier air brakes as well.

Amazing work thanks mate!

Awsome work @ravenclaw_007 Just one small detail for the Genie. The missiles with a brown band like you have done had no warhead but a live rocket motor. These are the ones you will see in most photos of the Genie being fired. A Genie with a live nuclear warhead is completely white with no colored bands, even though it does have a live rocket motor. This was how a live nuclear weapon was identified and differentiated from other weapons. This information is from the same F-106 Facebook group as before.

They were stored 'upside down' in the missile containers. I think it's just in museum displays or publicity photos they rotate it so the writing is the correct way up and readable.

Explain by this guy in a new reply overnight: When the AIM4F was first designed, the wind tunnel testing "sort of suggested" that a "sonic boom breaker" was needed to maintain airflow over the control surfaces at the back of the missle. Then, later on, with the design of the AIM4G, they realized it wasn't needed. When I first started working on the AIM4F/G, there were still "threaded studs" molded into the 4F radome. Over the years, as the guidance units were sent through depot, the ceramic radomes were replaced with ones that did not have the threaded stud. So, the "probe" more or less disappeared because it wasn't needed after all.

And the answer is...... According to actual F-106 loaders and AIM-4 Maintainers there was no spike on production missiles. Most have never even heard of it. Some recall that it was on the prototype missiles and some early production missiles but were gone by 1964 at the latest. The probe tended to damage and knock off the ceramic nose of the missile. Vague recollection that the probe was called 'sonic boom buster'

I've asked the question on a Facebook group with F-106 pilots and maintainers. Contact fuses for the missile are in the leading edges of each of the missile fins. In the game I have given the warhead a proximity fuse of whatever the distance is from the center of the missile to the tip of one of the fins.

You are right photos of the USN F-4S cockpit and RAF F-4J(UK) show the cockpit and gun sight you are working. It's the F-4M and late F-4K that have the same as the F-4E

Where did you get this information from? I have never heard of it before and all the cockpit photos of RAF Phantoms, USN F-4J/S show the same pilots gunsight, radar scope and gunsight controls as the F-4E. Nothing like the drawings you posted above???