Let’s not forget USMC F-35B and possible AUS F18A in the US which did have BOL and ASRAAM
ASRAAM and IRIS-T were specifically designed to use the same mounting as Aim-9 for better inter-compatibility. But that doesnt mean the US will get IRIS-T in game
Meteor ?? on the American F-35?
The intergration has to be done in the US by Lockheed (which is why they keep dragging their feet for it) and they are using USMC F-35s because they are just more convenient. Might be enough to give the US a decent BVR missile in game technically speaking, but Gaijin might also just leave them with Aim-120D
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yes
i didn’t say they will, i said they should. Gaijin hands US shit out like party favors “for balance.” If they had the opportunity to literally provide a 1:1 missile and they didn’t, it would only show how full of shit they were when they added the F-16AJ to Japan and gave every nation an American air subtree for the sole purpose of adding F-16s and F-18s.
Or perhaps the US, like Germany, will get a Spanish subtree with F-18s with IRIS-T.
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Nah. US will just have to use Aim-9X. Just pray they give you block II not Block I.
When people don’t care about fairness, that’s when I say “F it,” add the F-22 and make it invisible to radar head-on.
Or I’ll just play Russia and drop KH38s on poor British players XD
I had an entire year of Tornado F3 vs F-16 with the only response being “Well, blame the RAF for not building a Gen 4 aircraft or buying one. Sucks to be you” So…
Frick it, We are now well and truly into the era of European dominance. I guess the US should have stayed part of the ASRAAM program instead of being cheapskates and just upgrading their Aim-9Ms
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I would like to see the AIM-9X in the near future. But do we even need it rn?
I was a proponent of adding the Eurofighter to Britain like two years ago. The Eurofighter isn’t an issue in its current configuration. The Rafale is.
isn’t Tornado 4th gen?
F-22 cooks everything kinematically barring maybe the latest model of Su-57 in airshow config. since European dominance like you said, why not add F-22 to help poor USA out against ASRAAM and MICA-IR
Its a grey area. Some call it 3 others call it 4. Ultimately though its an interdictor with a A2A radar
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Hey. I have no issue with fighting F-22s with Typhoon with CAPTOR-E, ASRAAM and Meteors, we all know that the stealth wont be modeled right
F-22 with AIM-260, APG-77v1, 9X blk2 or even 3/4 with HMD. stealth will be modeled to some extent like the F-117
hell, since you mention CAPTOR-E which is only in testing with RAF, why not throw in the Raytheon Peregrine AAM
latest model? airshow config?
the su57 in air show is an old prototype (T-50-4) with al41 (placeholder engines). they are making Su-57M with al51 which are much stronger
by that i mean greatly reduced fuel/engines tuned up
Technically, Tornado might be considered as one of 4th gen.
But thanks to flight characteristics, nobody expects a ‘standard dogfighting capability of 4th gen fighter’ from Tornado in this game. :|
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