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Jimmy · 06-19-2007, 20:57 PM

Fuel fraction means nothing, unless both aircraft are running identical engines. And even then it wouldnt be a level playing field due to other factors (drag, etc).

VHF is easily jammable, and frankly it wont do them any good to have VHF or LW towers to detect inbound Raptors...you cant target based on it, and you'll have a helluva time trying to run an intercept using that data...and even if you COULD, your plane would likely be shot down before he ever got any indication from his own radar.

But anyway, a layered defense such as you describe is typically reserved for a SERIOUSLY important location...say, Moscow. If the US has no desire to march past Lenin's tomb, then there's no reason to try to defeat such a defense. You wont see a system that thick lining the border.

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Jimmy *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-16-05 Posts: 975 Country:	Fuel fraction means nothing, unless both aircraft are running identical engines. And even then it wouldnt be a level playing field due to other factors (drag, etc). VHF is easily jammable, and frankly it wont do them any good to have VHF or LW towers to detect inbound Raptors...you cant target based on it, and you'll have a helluva time trying to run an intercept using that data...and even if you COULD, your plane would likely be shot down before he ever got any indication from his own radar. But anyway, a layered defense such as you describe is typically reserved for a SERIOUSLY important location...say, Moscow. If the US has no desire to march past Lenin's tomb, then there's no reason to try to defeat such a defense. You wont see a system that thick lining the border.