Kills your shit stealth
>>65123802>another thidie genius thinks he can beat the US military with one weird trick>he doesnt know about the thermal acoustic layerohhh nononono.
>>65123802>solar panels to power the radar>shuts off at nightYou didn't think this through, did you?
>>65123802Yeah.
>>65123802But balloons are one of the only things we know stealth fighter kill with absolute certainty
>>65123802ACKKKK
>>65123890That's not even the worst part, radars with competitive range consume so much power that airplanes convert engine power into electricity, they don't use batteries.It's the reason Zmeiny Island was lost so quickly: the AD ran out of fuel for the radar.
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>>65123945>>65123955SHE DESERVES BETTER
>>65123962Shouldn't build a plane that you're too afraid to use.
>>65123924You don't need satellite killer. AIM-174b would be sufficient for a high altitude ballon but that would be 5 million bucks bill per shot. Plus ballons are also quite stealthy.>>65123945Yes but there's an attrition factor to consider. If you can make them cheap enough they could become a major headache for interceptors.>>65123958Passive radar is better suited for this role.
The better killer
>>65123982They didn’t need to use an expensive SM series missile though, the shootdown was done with a sidewinder, and at this point could be done cheaper with APKWS
>>65123890are you retarded
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>>65123958>posting AII need to save that image of a guy on reddit asking why Japanese burgers have their buns askew on advertisements and somebody wrote a huge reply saying it was about showing the burgers were handmade and thus had 'human errors' in them and not the machine perfection of America and loads of other stuff, then his final paragraph was "lol I just made all this shit up I have no idea" and somebody then replied "AI is gonna steal this, you know?" and within 24hrs, if you asked Google or any other AI "What is the reason for askew burger buns?" it gave out the reddit post the guy made. Even though the poster literally said he made it all up.
>>65123996Are you?
>>65123994That engagement was only at 65,000 feet. If the HAB flew higher you wouldn't be able to shoot it down with sidewinder or AMRAAM
>>65123965Present a worthy target, chang.
>>65123985>Laughs in engine overhauls.
>>65123985Of it's pilots, sure
>>65123985>Kills; 0
>>65123985>Epically mogged by a plane built in response to its fatherlol.
>>65124012https://aeroreport.de/en/good-to-know/more-than-just-thrust-how-engines-provide-electricity
>>65123924F-22 production has stopped
>>65123958>screenshot of ai summary slop>posting an imperfect reproduction of an sanded-down imperfect reproduction-amalgamate, of an imperfect description from some fucking forumDo you actually think of what you're doing, or do you just DO things? Because the only thing more ugly than a machine pretending to be human, is a human behaving like a machine. There is no prosthesis for an amputated spirit.
>>65124062No shit, that's what you should do instead of just cropping AI shit that may or may not be total bollocks.
>Solar power powered radar
>>65124115>muh dollarsign attrition>UHD optics, radars, EW sensors and comms equipment are all free>forgetting the APKWS exists
>>65123955>And I'm FREEEEE>Free Fallin'
>>65123985
>>65124111The Jihad cannot come soon enough.
>>65124115Hydrogen is even cheaper and better.
>>65124115>Assumes all the Cameras, radars, and radios will be free.
>>65124170I'm a big fan of APKWS and I still forget it exists sometimes.
>>65124205You could also use hydrogen to power the drone via PEM Fuel Cell but that still doesn't discount the price of the radar, radio, FLIR, IRST, and assorted cameras.
>>65123982>If you can make them cheap enoughThey will never be cheaper than the munitions used to shoot them down.>passive radarLiterally worthless for OPs proposal to track down stealth aircraft.
>>65123985>literally incapable of detecting stealth planes before gettign shot down by them
>>65124115>solar arrays, sensors etc.: 10x AIM-9 $$$$
>>65123958>used in more modern fighters>(e.g. boeing 787)Come the fuck on man.
>>65124068That's not an F-22 in the photo.
>>65123965>you're too afraid to usemore like everyone else is too afraid to confront, the russians let a company of their own men die because a couple F-22 were flying around in Syria
>>65123802I think high altitude balloons could be better served as extremely cheap loitering bomb trucks, especially considering some can carry really heavy payloads, and if deployed in sufficient numbers with SEAD, can totally saturate enemy air defenses
>>65124529>rapid dragon but balloon deployedI dig it, keep thinking anon
>>65124775My ideas are: >balloon rapid dragon >making mid range drones with explosively pumped flex compression generator warheads (localized EMP) >mass produce cheap MALE drones with either dumb bombs or FPV drones on them >swarm drones and ground drones carrying det cord for de-mining>bring back fucking napalm This is how I would implement it as Ukriane in a battlefield context: >mass air campaign of balloon bombings across zigger lines coordinated with drone strikes into Russia and mid range drone attacks 30-100km deep >once SAM systems along the front lines are depleted or dead I would organize multiple potential counter offensive groupings, the lions share of which would be disinfo >once the area of the actual counter attack is identified, I would do the drone equivalent of a rolling artillery barrage like they have been, only this time with EMP drones all along the front to further assfuck Russian coms ( would have to be behind the grey zone to not interfere with BLUFOR coms) >roll in a shit load more balloon bomers and a shit load of MALE drones to pulverize anything that moves, any basement, any building, any trench, artillery system, tank, etc>roll in mine clearing drones and UGV's in mass before any troops get close >now you attack with armored groupings, with any luck, enemy coms and drones have been heavily suppressed by the EMP bombing waves>if you can crack the outer defensive lines, and cause enough chaos, surge more forces in, keep up the pressure non stop with artillery, drones, bombers, etc >any tree line that zigs can hide in, fucking napalm it Vietnam style>rinse, repeat until zegros collapse or throw a nuke
>>65124068And?
>>65124413Delete this.
>>65124183kekAnyone have the current?
>>65124068
>>65123802Solar powered radar is difficult so ehat if you siphon gas from the balloon to convert to power? It could also adds the benefit of lowering the altitude of the balloon and radar which could allow for higher resolution scans.
>>65124068>F-22 production has completedftfy
>>65125349>y-you didn't fight fair
>>65123985Su-15 is still the best Soviet fighter or interceptor. 3:1 kill ratio against mostly Worst Korean airliners.
>>65125349>the cope about AWACsYes, because Western and Israeli air forces wrote the fucking doctrine on it, they created modern air combat doctrine while dabbing on commies.
>>65124529The Japanese spent about a bazillion yuan trying this in WW2. Killed one (1) guy on a church trip in Oregon.
>>65123826It's the typical thirdie mindset, always looking for shortcuts, "secret tricks".
>>65125353This is the gayest faggot shit I've ever seen.
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>>65126484Thank you for your contribution Mr. Homosexual
>>65126407>Japanese>Yuan
>>65125349>we only lost because our planes are dogshityes thats the entire point retard
>>65123802>slow moving>RCS measured in miles>structural integrity of wet pastaWhat exactly is stopping anyone from shooting it down before you commence le stealthy fighter jet operation?
>>65128888NTA but losing contact with your balloon network is a good sign that you're going to be attacked. That being said, it might be easier to fly Around the balloons.
