A prototype Typhoon would rely on AMRAAM being added though. Unless you want IR only.
IR only Typhoon is better than nothing at all. So long as it had a decent IR missile, like 9M. Then it would be fine. Most are already suspecting Gripen C with AIm-9L.I only. Typhoon is a better airframe
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I think there gonna give it 9Ms
Probably. It is the lazy option
It makes sense
They realise the Gripen gimped (No AMRAAMS) so give it 9Ms for balance
My brother it called the Royal Australia Air force
Do you think that there is no conection between the UK and Australia
The Americans test their nukes in nevada
We tested ours in Australia
Don’t come here and tell us we are grapsing at straws
I haven’t seen anyone mention Netherlands at all
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There were more references further up the thread about adding netherlands F16, but it seems that has been put to rest thankfully.
I’m not saying UK can’t get any Australian vehicles, but it’s like the Australian Abrams, it’s not the first country for it go to. F16s / F18s and plenty of other tech that USA made and sold, should go to their tech tree.
UK has options for their planes, like South African Gripen (since South Africa was added as sub tree), or they can balance otherwise with armaments or later variants of planes they already have.
Mate American can have F/A-18 they dont need the aussie one with ASRAAMS or the Canadian made one
The CF18 would be a better choice for Britain due to it historical loadout and similarity to other things in the tree
SAAF Gripen would be evn more gimped then how the Swedish one is in the Trailer
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ahh ok. never seen anyone ask for the Dutch f16. the Australian F18 makes sense already a bunch of Australian vehicles in the British tree, if you dont count skins its all of them but 1. not to mention the ties between Britain and Australia are pretty damn close. why will it be added? cause the british are pretty sad without it. why was Hungary added cause the Italians were in a sad state without them. Honestly on a personal level i want to be able to play my countries vehicles in one place rather than having to grind 4 trees and cant play them together
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Australian F/A-18 used Aim-7’s and later on ASRAAM aswell as AMRAAM
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heres a old Landcruiser being crushed by an inert sparrow from a RAAF f/a18
https://www.reddit.com/r/LandCruisers/comments/933vsi/an_aim_7_sparrow_training_device_fell_from_an/
and here is a pic of one being fired from a RAAF F/A 18A
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I had a typo its fixed now
Realistically the most likely commonwealth vehicles would come from the countries with the closest ties to the UK. The ones that come to mind for me is CA, AU, NZ, and ZA.
From that we can assume
CF-188 for the legacy Hornet
RAAF F/A-18E
Kiwi F-16A
ZA Gripen.
I’m not going to talk about any Mirages we don’t need them.
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I never knew the Kiwis used F-16s
They did just like the Japanese used the F-16AJ.
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I don’t think Pacifica knows about future additions. I might be wrong tho
As far as I’d love it to be the C variant, I don’t think it really is the one in the teaser. Wheel type is one argument but having no refueling probe (which every C variant had) and only RB74 missiles strongly suggest it’s the JAS39A.
At this point I think we’ll get 2 Gripens. JAS39A with only RB74/AIM-9L at 12.0 and JAS39C with AIM-9M + RB99/AIM-120B at 12.7.
The C would obviously go to Sweden and UK while A would be Sweden exclusive.
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Britain is definitely getting something for the ground.
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Erm… a bit of a stretch to say the UK had an ‘agreement’ to focus on A2G without thought for A2A. It’s a bit of an urban myth that seems to occasionally pop it’s head up - not even sure where it came from but it deserves to be whacked on the head when it does arise.
Phantoms were expressly bought in for A2A until the Tornado could be brought into an A2A form.
EFA Typhoon was drawn up in the late 80s with a focus on A2A. Why invest so much money in a program when you only ‘agree’ to ground-pound? Answer - you don’t. Unless you are expressly thinking of thumping the VVS in a shooting war.
Tornado F3 with the additional capabilities was A2A. Investment into systems such as ASRAAM, Meteor and aerial trailed decoys, AESA, countermeasure packages - all A2A capabilities. All distinct from US capabilities.
E-3 Sentry - why invest so much of a VERY limited defence budget into an AWACS fleet if you don’t need fighter direction and control? You don’t - unless you intend to be using your forces air-to-air for sustained periods of time. Same too for the tanker fleet, the training outfits for fast jet / fighter training. All expenses that make zero sense if you are going to let someone else deal with the A2A side of things.
All stuff that has it’s beginnings in the late 80s/early 90s. Well within our game timeframe.
I think the myth comes from circumstance. It just so happens that the RAF was bloody good at the low-level-strike - so if you wanted someone to fly at 50ft and mallet someone you’d probably be better off handing that tasking to an RAF Tonka crew.
Right, that’s the sensible bit over with…
- Low Quality Posting shall now continue -
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