Has there been discussion about using ground-based EMALS-like systems to launch munitions or aircraft at high speeds to improve overall efficiency or yield? Would it be technically, practically or tactically feasible to accelerate missiles to reduce the size of the booster or increase range, to get missiles or aircraft closer to ramjet speed, or to get fighters to high-subsonic speeds at launch to conserve fuel?
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- Thread starter Jeff Head
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It's 700km/h in 2s from the photo.
Can the type a and type b wingman seen at the VD parade be swapped from the ws-10c and ws-10c2? (alleged I think) to the ws-15 (now that j20a with ws-15 is entering service)?
I don't know if I am allowed to ask a second question but are these rcs simulations accurate?
in clean configuration (X-band = 0.06, S-Band = 0.08, L-Band = 0.13, VHF = 0.74)
(X-band = 0.21, S-band = 0.21, L-band = 0.24, VHF = 1.15)
(X-band = 0.48, S-band = 0.32, L-band = 0.35, VHF = 0.66)
in clean configuration (X-band = 0.06, S-Band = 0.08, L-Band = 0.13, VHF = 0.74)
(X-band = 0.21, S-band = 0.21, L-band = 0.24, VHF = 1.15)
(X-band = 0.48, S-band = 0.32, L-band = 0.35, VHF = 0.66)
I think they give a good picture of performance but aren't necessarily accurate. Models like these will never capture the details perfectly.
Also @Stealthflanker made those so you can ask him.