Do we really have to wait 3 months just to get the F15EX?

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Is that really necessary? USA top tier is still struggling to compete in GRB even with the F16 Pobit & without proper CAS that can go head to head against Rafale/AESA E2K/SM2 USA will continue to suffer.

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We need aim9x more then f15ex

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How do you know that you will have to wait 3 months though

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Because around that time Gaijin will add 5th gen fighters.

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f15-golden eagle is one of the better planes at top tier after buffs

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yeah because the 9x will surely be good in a fox 3 meta and make the plane with 6 hardpoints competitive.

US mains cannot be real

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We are talking about cas.

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Please quote where they stated that 5th gens will be added next major update

All they stated is not in the first half of 2026, not that they will come half way through 2026. Could be december.

The only thing we can be semi-confident coming next major update is ARM

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They never said that. where are you getting this from?

Exactly you got the answer. Gaijin have said they want to fill up all the 4th gen fighter first before adding the 5th gen and we are not gonna see it until after 2026 June.

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Funny thing is that the guy you replying to isn’t a US main.

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Confirmed its not coming in 2026

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Im not talking about f16 specifically
Us jets in general are missing the close range performance compare to other nations the 9x will fix that

It will help alot to the f15s’ and f18s’

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what other nations? only russia and france (maybe china) have close range capable missiles (R73 & MICA), this isnt really a problem unique to US to warrant them the 9x prior to other next gen IR missiles.

It will actually make them suffer more as they’ll 100% be uptiered because of them

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china ? PL12A has very good WVR and PL8B which is a PYTHON with MAGIC-2 IRRCM

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Pl5E2 and PL8 can be used as shotguns in a dogfight so i added them but beyond basically point blank shots they arent viable in a dogfight at all, compared to the others i listed

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could add AIM-9M-8 which would probably pull 35-40G

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where??

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Gaijin never said that?

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I suspect they’re looking for something that is 14.7 material.

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They said we won’t see it until after the first half of 2026. So it means we have a chance to see it around that time maybe.They never said we won’t see it 100% this year.