If it got 9X, then Typhoon would get IRIS-T and ASRAAM.
Im also personally expecting IIRs to be limited to LOBL, so they will be limited to both lock range and the gimball limit of the seeker. Just adds some fair limitations to stop the best of them being too strong.
But an F-22 getting swatted by an ASRAAM before it can even fire a Aim-9X would be kinda funny to watch
F-15EX with 16 AMRAAM, hello?
360° RWR, AESA, F-15E engine, last-generation IRST pod.
And if it would still struggle then, which it wouldn’t, they could simply give it AIM-120D while keeping the other 4.5 gen fighter with AIM-120C-5
Surely going to 16x Missiles + Externa lpods would just negate the engine buff? But sure, whatever
IRST pod sure, though I personally find IRST incredible niche at the moment. So I dont think it would help as much as you think. I rarely touch mine. I also wouldnt be surprised if IRST pods like that were incredibly buggy for quite a while.
Already has AESA
360 RWR can be a bit niche, but sure whatever.
That would be too much of an upgrade. C8s maybe, but Ds automatically mean others should get equivalents like Meteor. And even just C8s, I doubt it would be done in a vacuum.
But theyve never done this before. Otherwise the Tornado F3 would have gotten 9Ms to help it fight F-16s for its first year
It would be heavier than F-15E, and irst pod would be extra weight/drag unlike the ones integrated into the airframe. And last of all, it’s still an F-15E airframe.
Who’s the expert? What’s the source? The F-15EX is still in testing stage and something like this can change month to month. Hell, I’ve recently seen a picture of the F-15EX with the MRML mount like the one we have in War Thunder on the F-15C GE, not the double rack on the outer wing pylon.
It wouldn’t. You don’t realize just how anemic the F-15C is compared to the F-15E if you say that. Case in point, you barely feel a difference in the GE when you take the MRML
its slightly more weight but the ex also dose have slightly more thrust so i think it would be fine, And i personally like The F-15E FM for air rb best FM for BVR in my opinion. even with only 12 missiles i think it would be Just as good as other jets at 14.7
I think missile like AIM-120D, meteors would be added in next update or summer update along with jets like F-16V, F-15EX and Rafale C F.4… Rafale would again dominate