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4 MRAAMs is a bit slim for CAP and whilst that looks nice as a drawing, there are a lot of things that look nice on paper that aren't feasible in practice. The internal fuel fraction is also less 30% sans missiles, which is worse than a Typhoon or Rafale, and not many would argue that they have sufficient range on internal fuel alone for all missions.The ideal stealth air superiority fighter would have 8 missiles (6 MRAAMs, 2 SRAAMs pop-out) and near 1000nm combat radius (2000nm range) on internal fuel. With deeper bays you could even try a 2x4 MRAAM rotary launcher and 2 SRAAMs. The range requirement probably means and internal fuel fraction of nearer 40%, or at least 35% maybe with advanced adaptive cycle engines or something.
4 MRAAMs is a bit slim for CAP and whilst that looks nice as a drawing, there are a lot of things that look nice on paper that aren't feasible in practice. The internal fuel fraction is also less 30% sans missiles, which is worse than a Typhoon or Rafale, and not many would argue that they have sufficient range on internal fuel alone for all missions.
The ideal stealth air superiority fighter would have 8 missiles (6 MRAAMs, 2 SRAAMs pop-out) and near 1000nm combat radius (2000nm range) on internal fuel. With deeper bays you could even try a 2x4 MRAAM rotary launcher and 2 SRAAMs. The range requirement probably means and internal fuel fraction of nearer 40%, or at least 35% maybe with advanced adaptive cycle engines or something.
