That’s photoshop. You can see the JDAM hiding behind the two AMRAAMs.
Looks like they copied one of the AMRAAMs on the door and pasted it over the JDAM.
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any downsides to a plane you feel em more in sim but anyway
ESM missing completely? possibility of MAWS because it’s really not that powerful of a feature but nice to have, and technical compatibility is how we got the su30SM2 that is better than an su35? swept wings damage model being unfinished? I feel like honestly the dev server should be extended by at least a few days
Well spotted, I thought it might’ve been orange colored racks for testing, thanks for the heads up
the instructor is an air rb only thing
It is not.
That’s a nice 90° large flat surface on the side of the aircraft with many angles and places for waves to scatter, that will surely maintain the same radar reflection as a clean configuration.
This isn’t a reliable source
All info on PL-16 suggests it’s a compressed PL-15, rumors have it that it possesses an improved motor, but there is absolutely nothing to suggest china has deployed a next gen BVRAAM called PL-16
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Well that could be one of the parts that has its construction changed, RAM, composite, or both.
Won’t matter for jets like F-15EX though
AIM-260 and AIM-424 are in service on the F-15EX, trust me
I’m not a missile engineer but the PL-15 isn’t that old. I don’t see how the PL-16 can be smaller, lighter and have a 50% increase in range. The AIM-120 is 30 years old but the AIM-260 is still at least as big to get better range.
50% is bold, but a 10-20% increase with a more modern dual pulse (rumored) is a more reasonable guess
It’s smaller though, as it’s designed for IWBs instead of external carry
so is AFLRW (the 1000 nmi air to air missile they recently started development for)
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Sure, but is it smaller like the AIM-120C with clipped wings or the missile body is smaller and shorter diameter? I know you don’t know, I’m just not convinced it can be a significant reduction in size and weight, while increasing the range.
Pretty sure it’s further clipped and the missile body itself is the same size. Maybe it’ll look similar to the AIM-260
The AAM-3/4 are not claimed to be integrated on the JSI. The JMoD has voiced interest on making them compatable, however there is no information to say they are as of yet.
Also, the JSI will likely only have 8x missiles, as it does not have the FBW upgrade needed for AMBERs / additional rails, and theres no current information on plans to buy quad racks for it.
Anyways, the JSI really should not come to game IMO. Its too different from the other advanced eagles, and the specifications on it are still too up in the air for it to be implemented in any sort of reliable way.
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Agreed with the 2nd half, but i don’t think it differing from the advance eagles is a bad thing (other than that we don’t really have anything to base the JSI out of). At the very least, an AESA version of the F-15J could serve as a 14.3/7 arb.
There are no quad racks for AAM on F-15
FBW shouldnt be needed for AMBER or MRML
it is just needed to mount anything on stations 1 and 9
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It being different from other advanced eagles like the EX is bad imo since like, with the IA, we know basically what its going to be, and things can just be copied from the EX. However you cant just copy stuff from an EX and call it a JSI, as thats not what its going to be. And not having a near bases to base it on, makes implementing it in a “correct” way a lot harder.
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