You find Su27sm in an awkward position is because R77 is one of the worst fox3 in middle range. R77-1 fixs that problem, and Su30sm gets an extra pair.
Su27sm gets 8 fox3 & 4 fox2. F15C can also carry 8 fox3. So in middle range fight the su27sm doesn’t indeed have an edge in terms of both amount and quality of fox3. Typhoon gets 6 fox3, rafale gets 6 as well. How come they have “far less” fox3 than su27sm?
You probably heard about: “Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.”
12 fox3 is making a huge difference. 8 fox3 vs. 6 fox3 is superior. 12 vs 6 is dominanting
I see you once again ignored the problem being the Su-30SM as a platform being incapable of taking advantage of the R-77-1s biggest selling point. It’s range. It’s TWR is too low to beat the aforementioned nato planes.
So while enough quantity might make something better, there’s a massive quality issue still holding back the Su-30SM.
great now find evidence of what kind of J-11 it is, because 99.9999% of pictures on line dont show that pylon thats in that pic. They all just show the 10 we have in game.
You find proof of that, and you get your 8 missiles.
1000kgf difference, 2.5 degree per second difference.
Do note that Mig-29SMT has a sustained turn rate of ~18 degrees per second with equal fuel to these two.
Su-30SM has the worst flight performance at 14.0.
F-18C has significantly better flight performance than Su-30SM despite being slower.
