I know this won’t get as much traction considering its Israel I’m talking about but I do find it particularly absurd how there has been no mention of Israel getting a new jet to compete the with the multitude of 14.3 to 14.7 jets for other countries.
As it currently stands, Israel is falling behind in several regards compared to every other nation at top tier. It doesn’t have a Rank IX jet, a jet higher than 14.0, or even a top tier AESA jet. With the latest dev streams there is also no indication that Israel will be receiving the AIM-120D on any of their currently available end of the line jets so the disparity just keeps growing larger. Even now a handful of nations are receiving their 2nd top tier AESA fighter before Israel gets their first.
With the previous CMs Greece was stated to be a long term plan and some Singaporean vehicles were stated to be planned for Israel, so EVENTUALLY Israel will get better jets in the form of (possibly) the Greek Rafale and whatever else. This however doesn’t excuse the current situation that it finds itself in. There is always the chance that a new jet gets added later on the dev server similar to how the Gripen E was added later but there hasn’t been any mention or implication that it’s even a possibility. Israel has pretty much always been in the position where new additions are pretty scarce in quantity but it’s reached a point where even the bare minimum doesn’t feel guaranteed.
It’s even gotten to the point where it feels like Gaijin themselves just don’t realize how far back Israel is. In their video wrapping up last year’s additions they had stated the Sufa was an AESA jet which just fundamentally isn’t true. All of it begs the question of what exactly are their plans for the nation as a whole and whether or not they’ll take the time to meet the bare minimum.