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1) Just curious which has better LO... And if follow-on upgrades give potential on either model to be further reduced RCS, more than the other?
2) Also, what has better overall counter-measures... the best Viper package option, or the best CM package for SH? Thanks!
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They're both "good-guy" jets.... Why would it matter?
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I guess maybe bragging rights And maybe for sales potential based on both of those specs?
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Well given that in the Blk 50/52+ Vipers it is almost an afterthought, and the F/A-18E/F/G was a new build with reduced RCS in mind, and that the Super hornet is a much larger airframe (more room for ECM), would have to say the Super Hornet takes the cake.
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Anyone who really knows, knows better than to answer. Anyone who answers, is guessing.
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LOL Roscoe, well I didn't think it was really a top-secret issue. And I asked it out of raw, academic interest. So yes, I'm just inquiring about rough estimated guesses as to what has lower RCS principles between latest F-16 blocks or Super Hornet and which has better CM... no prob.
I would think forinstance that discussions in past have concluded F-22 to be more LO than F-35, yet one could guess F-35 to have better CM?
Given India's MMRCA contest, it would presumably play into that as well. That is one serious fighter competition, between the F-16IN and F-18IN alone!
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And maybe for sales potential based on both of those specs?