I don’t know. Yeah, RMP, and some small other things yea but I think that the EPAWSS will only come with the EX
Really? EPAWSS would make sense since F-15E did get it, and would be fitting for the peak strike eagle
doesnt matter much given that they are giving russia weapons that dont seem to have ever had a functional prototype, cancelled projects that were tested is much better than that
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JAGM-F range shorter GBU-53 Stormbreaker
At present, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet (Block III) deployed Stormbreaker against houti
You trade range for significant time to target advantages. And it’s not like you are limited to carrying one or the other. You could very easily carry 4 of each with only 1 CFT loaded for A2G munitions which gives you flexibility in your engagements.
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Time to target matters a lot. Forunately, both weapons can be employed by the EX thus you end up having to choose between them
I get what you mean but there should be a diffrence between the E and the EX. The EPAWSS contributes to it. It’s up to gaijin to decide
There is also engine and airframe difference, as well as the extra wing hardpoints
Fair enough. Who knows? We will see. Everything is possible with gaijin. Seeing what they did with ma boi F-20. I hope the YF-23 will be event of squadron. Or maybe we could get an experimental line in the tt
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The YF 23 should go after the F 15s and the YF 22 after the F 16s, they are too important to be event vehicles
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Tell that to gaijin
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definitely not. The F-22s belong in second line, first line is for F-35A. YF-23 is cool I agree but so was every competitor that wasn’t chosen in others programs, it was never developed into a combat capable fighter and can be nothing more than an event
The YF-23 prototype never had a radar or weapons, it just can’t be a tech tree vehicle
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Would the EPAWSS be powerful than the AN/ALQ-184?
It was only carried on the F-15B/D (for training missions i suppose)
Very likely yes, you’re talking about a several decades old system vs one that is coming into service now.
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Would this thing be able to supercruise with the F110-GE-132s?
Probably, but it doesn’t have those
If, theoratically the USAF wakes up one morning and decides that it does need more power. The 132s are fully compatible with the Eagle’s airframe while offering another increase of around 3000 lbf of thrust
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Yeah it’s just about them randomly feeling like replacing the 129s
We’ll probably see the EX equiped with the 132s at some point, except if some even more absurdly powerful engines are available before that
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