Brassey's Modern Fighters: The Ultimate Guide to In-Flight Tactics, Technology, Weapons, and Equipment

by Spick, Mike

• ISBN13: 9781574882476
• ISBN10: 1574882473
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

-- Dramatically depicts the world's most modern fighters in superb full-color three-view artwork and action photographs

-- Packed with detailed technical specifications and performance analyses

Brassey's Modern Fighters provides a detailed look at the technology, design, dimensions, and combat qualities of the world's top fighters -- from China's Chengdu F-7MG to America's F-22 Raptor. You'll discover up-to-date information about radar and infrared detection measures, missile guidance systems, cockpit communications, ballistics, and stealth technology. Finally, Mike Spick looks to the future and analyzes how to achieve and maintain air superiority in the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(2)
THE RIGHT STUFF	8	(34)
THE FIGHTERS	42	(74)
Chengdu F-7MG	46	(2)
Shenyang F-8IIM	48	(2)
Panavia Tornado	50	(4)
Eurofighter EF 2000 Typhoon	54	(6)
Dassault Mirage 2000	60	(6)
Dassault Rafale	66	(4)
BAe/Boeing Harrier II Plus	70	(4)
MAPO Mi-G-29 Fulcrum	74	(4)
MAPO MiG-31 Foxhound	78	(4)
Sukhoi Su-27, -35 and -37 Flanker	82	(6)
IG JAS 30 Gripen	88	(4)
AIDC A-1 Ching Kuo	92	(2)
Northrop Grumman F-14D Tomcat	94	(4)
Boeing F-15C Eagle	98	(6)
Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon	104	(6)
Boeing F/A-18 Hornet	110	(6)
THE FUTURE	116	(24)
Sukhoi S-37 Berkut	130	(2)
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor	132	(4)
Joint Strike Fighter	136	(4)
Index	140	(4)
Picture Credits	144