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Old 12th Jul 2012, 13:00
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Originally Posted by Sun Who
It remains to be seen how it good it will be, especially compared to existing systems such as AN/APG-77 or AN/APG-81, which could be bought 'off the shelf'.
Good luck buying an APG-77 - it's a 1990s design running 90s/00s hardware, the F-22 production line is done, the last radar will have been completed a couple of years back, and the F-22 Common Integrated Processor means you would have to build a whole new set of computers to run the software (unless you've got a lifetime buy of Intel i960 hidden away somewhere).
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