Orel escribió:Y no me extrañaría ver un F-35 con cierta capacidad SEAD mejorada.
De momento no le hace falta ninguna. En Red Flag 17-1 se entrenaban en SEAD tirando bombas de 2.000lb, y a pesar de eso demostraron ser mucho más efectivos que los F-16 con HARM (de Air Forces Monthly, 2017-04):
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Lt Col Watkins continued: “Some of the advanced SAMs [surface-toair missiles] that are out there, if we’d had anything like that in the scenario [in previous years] we’d concentrate on just going after that one SAM, and we’d put all our effort into that. We’d have to launch a lot of standoff weapons and peel it back from there.
“In this Red Flag we’ve seen three or four of those advanced SAMs in one scenario. We don’t know necessarily where they’re at, so we can’t simulate hitting them with standoff weapons before the vul [vulnerability period] even starts.
“So we’re locating them, and that’s an integrated, cross-domain approach using cyber, using space and assets like the Rivet Joint and the Wedgetail, fusing all that information together to find a target location.
“Between the Block 50s [F-16s] and the F-35s we’re finding that location and are able to use some of the F-22 standoff [capability] as well as the stealth capability of the F-35 to get close enough to those targets where we can drop on them.
“It would be impossible for even a Block 50 to target that missile system from their aircraft as it would be too dangerous for them to get that close.”
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“Against the complex integrated air defence systems [IADS] we’re able to go out and find their general location before using our synthetic aperture radar to map to determine where the SAM site is. We carry two GBU-31 JDAMs [Joint Direct Attack Munitions], so can put a 2,000lb bomb on the site.
“In my previous experience as an F-16 guy we just used to try and shoot HARMs [AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles], which have smaller warheads and are not necessarily as capable. Now, with the F-35, we’re able to find the particular site and put down a 2,000lb bomb, which is usually more effective against an IADS.”
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Un saludo.