رد: التايفون كما يراها مصنعوها
هناك سوء فهم بشأن قدرات التايفون وامكانية التطوير
بعض الناس يعتقد بأن التايفون لديها قدرات رائعة في مهام جو جو
وتأتي بالترتيب الثاني بعد الاف 22 الأسطورية
ولكنها عاجزة في المهام الاخرى
ويقارنونها مع الرافال التي تسمي نفسها omnirole
بسبب ان التايفون حاليا غير قادرة على اطلاق صواريخ الكروز
وهذا الحكم غير صحيح
لأنه مسألة اولويات وقتية ولا تنظر الى الأمكانيات الكامنة في التصميم
بينما طائرة مثل الرافال لن يكون بمقدورها حمل رادار ايسا كبير
وهو امر لا يمكن تحقيقه في تصميم معين كالرافال
اضافة الى انه سيكون اكثر من المستحيل (بحسب قولهم) ان تملك الرافال swivel mechanism بسبب صغر حجم المقدمة
وهو ما يعطي المقاتلات زيادة في حجم المسح الضوئي للرادار وبالتالي الفعالية القتالية
There has been some misunderstanding
concerning Typhoon’s inherent capabilities
and potential for evolution,
which may be caused by a weak appreciation of the design
approach used and its impact on the end
product. The discussion above hopefully
will have shed some light on an arcane subject and cleared some prejudgments.
Some people admit that Typhoon is indeed a superb air superiority fighter, second only to the mythical F-22, but incapable
of any other roles beside air-to-air. They compare it with the self-styled omnirole
Rafale and conclude that Typhoon is a lesserfighter because at present it cannot fire
an anti-ship or a cruise missile. Such a
judgment, based exclusively on a certain
point in time, is flawed as it measures only
the timing of introduction of given capability and is not based on the inherent potential
of a design.
Nobody doubts the capability of the Eurofighter consortium of integrating a cruise
missile or a recce pod on Typhoon. With a
weapon system lifetime measured in half
centuries, such a concentration on the present,ratherthan on the overall balance is
rather short-sighted. The true discriminator
instead is looking atwhatwill not be achieved
in a given design, at any time, because of its
in-built limitations. For example Rafale will
never be able to have a big AESA radar
antenna because of its small frontal section.
And even more impossible to have it mounted on a swivel mechanism, so as to increase
its scan volume and consequently the fighter combat effectiveness. The propulsion
shortcomings is another well recognised
critical area where changes are extremely
expensive and so far have proven fruitless.
هناك سوء فهم بشأن قدرات التايفون وامكانية التطوير
بعض الناس يعتقد بأن التايفون لديها قدرات رائعة في مهام جو جو
وتأتي بالترتيب الثاني بعد الاف 22 الأسطورية
ولكنها عاجزة في المهام الاخرى
ويقارنونها مع الرافال التي تسمي نفسها omnirole
بسبب ان التايفون حاليا غير قادرة على اطلاق صواريخ الكروز
وهذا الحكم غير صحيح
لأنه مسألة اولويات وقتية ولا تنظر الى الأمكانيات الكامنة في التصميم
بينما طائرة مثل الرافال لن يكون بمقدورها حمل رادار ايسا كبير
وهو امر لا يمكن تحقيقه في تصميم معين كالرافال
اضافة الى انه سيكون اكثر من المستحيل (بحسب قولهم) ان تملك الرافال swivel mechanism بسبب صغر حجم المقدمة
وهو ما يعطي المقاتلات زيادة في حجم المسح الضوئي للرادار وبالتالي الفعالية القتالية
There has been some misunderstanding
concerning Typhoon’s inherent capabilities
and potential for evolution,
which may be caused by a weak appreciation of the design
approach used and its impact on the end
product. The discussion above hopefully
will have shed some light on an arcane subject and cleared some prejudgments.
Some people admit that Typhoon is indeed a superb air superiority fighter, second only to the mythical F-22, but incapable
of any other roles beside air-to-air. They compare it with the self-styled omnirole
Rafale and conclude that Typhoon is a lesserfighter because at present it cannot fire
an anti-ship or a cruise missile. Such a
judgment, based exclusively on a certain
point in time, is flawed as it measures only
the timing of introduction of given capability and is not based on the inherent potential
of a design.
Nobody doubts the capability of the Eurofighter consortium of integrating a cruise
missile or a recce pod on Typhoon. With a
weapon system lifetime measured in half
centuries, such a concentration on the present,ratherthan on the overall balance is
rather short-sighted. The true discriminator
instead is looking atwhatwill not be achieved
in a given design, at any time, because of its
in-built limitations. For example Rafale will
never be able to have a big AESA radar
antenna because of its small frontal section.
And even more impossible to have it mounted on a swivel mechanism, so as to increase
its scan volume and consequently the fighter combat effectiveness. The propulsion
shortcomings is another well recognised
critical area where changes are extremely
expensive and so far have proven fruitless.