Yes and it’s very reasonable.
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okay cool, any update on the maws situation? or epawss?
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Im so excited for tbe EX
No notifications on those reports yet.
alright, hopefully we see something by monday then
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Not sure why people keep asking for more AMRAAMs, genuinely. Boeing officially states it carries up to 12 AIM-120 AMRAAMs. Personally I’m fine with the 12 AMRAAM kit.
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thats just the main operational load, its been shown on the f-15qa and sa that it can carry more if it needs to
You do know that “QA” and “SA” are not the same letters as “EX” right…?
I guess the argument could be made that this falls into the same situation as the french Rafale getting extra missiles it shouldn’t have, but that favouritism aside, there is no evidence (afaik) that the F-15EX can use more than 12, and Boeing themselves state “up to 12”, not “on average 12”, which means Boeing says 12 is the max, not the norm.
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afaik AMBER racks aren’t official on the EX, and the one picture of the QA dressed in USAF before official F-15EX procurement was just for show.
The EX is derived from the QA, iirc it’s exactly the same minus a few electronic/sensor changes for US use.
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main thing is EPAWSS vs DEWS, which is separate to weapons.
Epawss was already accepted I believe
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/zio29P3tVpK6
The EX is derived from the AE, as is the QA, the SA, and the in development IA. They share a common ancestor, they’re sibling variants, and have differences. As for those differences, one appears to be that the QA and SA can employ more AMRAAM’s than the EX. Could be software differences, could be wiring differences, could be other things, we dont know, what we do know is that Boeing says up to 12, not “12 on average” or whatever other way you want to try to word it, and you guys keep making up reasons as to why the manufacturer is wrong and you arent.
what even is Epawss? how is it different than a standard modern spherical RWR?
yea the point is that gaijin added things to other planes with much less evidence or realism
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In-game its spherical RWR and ESM (the thing every nation at top tier should have, but only REDFOR nations got to literally no ones surprise…)
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the su30s got extra missile pylons just because the su35 uses them
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It can geolocate the radar signature and can passively jam it also boosts internal countermeasure count by 50%
based on F-15QA…
they say QA is based on E, but its clearly based on F-15SA
plus, 12 amraam is the current cleared operational loadout so saying its only 12 is not a lie by Boeing for realistic purposes. you have to understand they are almost always taking either a drop tank or a2g weapons on the inner wing heavy station
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