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[Low IQ Techie]

In F-22 MLUs, 1 of the stealthy sensor pod looks EO & other like EW.
So the fuselage acts as a blindspot, can't look the other side.
Then how will F-22 have spherical coverage?
Will 1 group of few data-linked F-22s do the IRST for other clean config F-22s?

Below i'm assuming that the IRST sensor can look up/down +/- 45 degrees & 180 degrees in azimuth.
RED zone is blindspot.
YELLOW zone is scanned zone.

If few data-linked F-22s do the IRST for other clean config F-22s, then the flight group would look like this-

 

[Pokemonte13]

Both pods are IRST

 

[Low IQ Techie]

Both pods are IRST

Truth will be revealed eventualy but for now any confirmed/official source?
There are many other pics from different angles which people might be knowing & it doesn't look that pods are asymmetrical, but the 2 pods are indeed different, left is EO, right is non-EO, which is mentioned in Sandboxx video in 18th minute & TWZ site in 2022.
"With that in mind, the possibility that these pods represent just such a configuration, with an electronic warfare capability on one side and an IRST on the other, looks more likely than not. The pod on the F-22’s left wing does look like it has a different faceted nose area than the other, almost as if it is meant to be a transparent window, while the other is opaque."

 

[Bogeyman]

L3Harris tested the combined detection and positioning performance of infrared sensors and the INS system in an air-to-air scenario. Target detection was achieved from a distance of 41.5nm using a camera mounted on the pod. The importance of infrared sensors in ground-to-air engagement was demonstrated in the Iran war.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2047692035839164778