Sorry, but what part of the US TT needs ANOTHER F-14. USSR and China, for example, could use a 12.3/12.7 missile bus.
Tho USSR ingame is mainly just Russian vehicles with vehicles operated by other nations being primarily premiums
I agree that USSR/China needing a missile bus but honestly this isnt it. If this had gone to USSR or China it would be like putting a J-10 or MiG-29 in the US tree. The Tomcat is a plane developed by the US and most famously known for being an American aircraft just like the Su-27/MiG-29 when it comes to Russia. I feel like there is a decent missile bus aircraft for these countries that is domestic but I can’t really name any. I will agree that the US really doesn’t need another F-14 but I’m not really complaining too much about it cause Tomcats are easy to deal with (especially considering their usual play style) but AIM-54s are more annoying to dodge due to the multipath nerf
I know right? USA has been eating good in air battles since Gaijin rushed the F-14 out the door early to cash in on the Topgun movie. At the very worst they played second fiddle to Sweden for a few months.
Romania was not announced as an official subtree of Italy, as such it’s vehicles would go where they make the most sense, as @Smin1080p_WT has previously explained
I dont think they are really that bad enemies to each other, remember US has sent 150 billion to Iran to spread around middle east lately XD
Saying it’s because tensions between the two are bad now is not a valid argument. In the 1970s, they were better. For someone claiming people don’t want a history lesson, you seem to doing the same. Thankfully, it’s going to the US. You can always just not play the game anymore if it’s such an egregious decision. The CM did a fairly good job explaining why it’s going to the US.
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Yet people are so resistant to the MiG-25 and Su-15 series of aircraft, the actual eastern missile busses… Curious… Maybe thats just another excuse you’re spouting…
Its not a russian plane?
Its not about if it needs. As I said before its literally just an event vehicle which are rarely about “need” or “dont need” regarding the nation. They are event vehicles afterall - just a cool unique jet, tank or ship with interesting history. Thats really all
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I don’t see how that’s relevant. They had russians providing the missiles and helping with trying to fit the 27’s on the tomcat.
All it says is that the F-14A was sold to Iran prior to the Islamic Revolution when relations were good (which is a historical note and nothing else), it doesn’t say it was the sole reason it was added to the US because of that.
“The F-14 has no connection to Russia other than its R-27” - So the reason behind it was simply because it uses overwhelming more American tech than Russian tech? That’s kind of common sense 101 and what I’ve said countless of times.
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Past R-27s and some avionics stuff thats about where the relation between this Tomcat and the USSR ends afaik
I was responding to your claim of “it was placed in the US TT because USSR simply didn’t need it.”, which is factually untrue.
Also this statement of yours, “it has nothing to do with their previous relations”.
Both of which are completely counter to what Smin said.
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Which was the point of the question. If this tomcat was modified enough to support R-27R’s, then it is plausible for the R-72T’s to be mounted too since the missiles are the same aside from a different seeker.
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Are you ok in the head?
What do you mean by India had no choice?
India joined the commonwealth under British rule
China probably has more connections with Iranian F-14. Saw somewhere that China helped Iran to restore the F-14s.
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