Notes: Designed
to replace a variety of aircraft in several European nations, this aircraft has
been plagued by delays. The
Eurofighter was produced for Germany, France, Spain, Britain, and Italy. The
Eurofighter is an advanced multi-role aircraft using some of what was the latest
aircraft design before the Twilight War, including a supercruise capability
(cruise speeds in excess of Mach 1), special chaff that radiates a radar signal
of its own, towed decoys that deploy behind the aircraft when cruising to
further confuse enemy radar and IR detection equipment, a “semi-stealth” design,
and the latest electronics. The
Eurofighters were typically piloted by the best pilots in the countries involved
and were very successful.
The chaff
designed for the Eurofighter radiates a radar and radio frequency.
This chaff degrades enemy radar detection and guidance attempts against
the Eurofighter in the same manner as normal chaff, but at one level better in
effectiveness. This chaff can be
loaded into other aircraft, but only in the US F-22 Raptor or B-2 Spirit will it
function with the special effectiveness.
The chaff can also be loaded into the airbrakes of the Eurofighter, but
if this is done it will function only as normal chaff.
This chaff costs triple the normal amount of standard chaff.
The Eurofighter can tow two decoys from the rear of the aircraft; these
decoys follow the aircraft at a distance of 30 meters and add another level of
deception jamming capability, and also function as IRCM devices.
They will be lost 40% of the time is the Eurofighter turns with an
agility of 8 or greater. In
addition, they will be lost on the same roll if the Eurofighter flies at 80% or
greater of its maximum speed. These
two circumstances are additive.
The Eurofighter was not specifically designed to have stealth features,
but has them as a consequence of its design; this makes radar and IR detection
and guiding attempts against one level harder.
The chaff and flare dispensers on the Eurofighter are very large,
carrying up to 30 decoys (typically 15 chaff bundles and 15 flares).
The two wingtip hardpoints may only be used for heat-seeking air-to-air
missiles, and four of the underfuselage hardpoints may only be used for
radar-homing or active-homing air-to-air missiles, flare or chaff pods, or ECM
or IRCM pods. Only 5 of the
remaining hardpoints (two under each wing, and one under the fuselage) may be
used for drop tanks.
Twilight 2000
Notes: Very few Typhoons were ready for the Twilight War.
So few were built that only Germany got more than 10 of them (and they
only got 12).
Price |
Fuel Type |
Load |
Veh Wt |
Crew |
Mnt |
Night Vision |
Radiological |
$11,203,369 |
AvG |
6.5 tons |
21.01 tons |
1 |
30 |
Radar, FLIR, Image Intensification |
Shielded |
Tr Mov |
Com Mov |
Mnvr/Acc Agl/Turn |
Fuel Cap |
Fuel Cons |
Ceiling |
6375* |
1063 (100) |
NA 266
10/8 100/80 |
5040 |
11104 |
15240 |
Combat Equipment |
Minimum Landing/Takeoff Zone |
RF |
Armament |
Ammo |
All-Weather Flight, Radar Warning Receiver, Flare/Chaff Dispensers (See
Above), HUD, IR Uncage, Auto Track, Track While Scan, Look-Down Radar,
Target ID, Terrain-Following Radar, Multitarget (4), Laser Designator,
ECM 3, Deception Jamming |
700/300m Hardened Runway |
+5 |
27mm Mauser Autocannon, 13 Hardpoints |
300x27mm |
*The Typhoon is Suprcruise capable.