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Originally Posted by Archer
F-22, no quibbles- its got stealth and supercruise. But the underlined part may not be representative of the situation today. The Russians- you are correct- still use early Gen Pastel RWRs for the most part, but their newer units use industry standard signal processors and have improved substantially. Plus there are many excellent firms willing to share gear for third party integration- Thales, BAe come to mind..
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We don't emit, thus there is nothing for the Russian RWR to detect. We only emit when it's time to lock up a target for the AIM-120. Otherwise, we use offboard sensors through the Link 16 or our own RWR for our situational awareness.