Considering other planes can get stuff that was never integrated I see nothing wrong with this.
Used to be a great advocate of only using stuff that were actually compatible until I realized that gaijin doesn’t care.
Just give everything to everybody atp
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These systems were delivered to India with them pre-installed on the aircraft. I must remind you this was 1998.
There’s also MKIs from Russia in 2009 that was marketing BraMos.
The early aircraft premium (pre-order) pack rank 9 for USSR/RU tech tree ?
Su30 with MICA, the new wunderwaffe
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Ok so the western companies after signing the deal with India, they sent the electronic components to Russia so then they get delivered to India and finally everything be assembled there. So yeah you are right.
But still no compatibility with the western armament in those batches delivered from Sukhoi.
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I’m fine with it getting those systems including ECM (if that ever gets added as a function), but yea everything else post delivery is India only where “technical compatibility” would not work. It’s not even theoretical as it is impossible.
It’s like comparing the F-4C with the, I dunno, Kurnass 2000, except it has even more mods compared to that
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We simply don’t know, Russia has had MKIs way up until 2009 which is what this post is for (02 Blue)
Probably, sadly, Gaijin will not give a damn about it
F-5C(USAF) equipped with AN/ALE-40 countermeasure pods and AIM-9E, which they never used on USAF Service
AFAIK, every A2A equipment from SAAF Gripen is a placeholder since SAAF had only Darter IRL, which didn’t finally integrate (can be wrong bc I am not a Gripen geek), meanwhile SAAF Gripen isn’t allowed to have the same placehold standarded AIM-120A/B
Gaijin uses ‘Different Term’ for their ‘technical compatibility’, probably. :/
They bring technical compatibility for buff big three nations’ vehicle, while they also bring gameplay uniqueness or historical weaponry for nerf other seven nations’ vehicle (no M61 APCBC-HE on British 75mm)
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Systems like I-Derby ER, Rampage, etc. did not even exist back then. Additionally their brochures do not mention the Su-30 by the time (in this case the basic Derby brochure has to be used, as the others did not exist back then). Nothing is said the Su-30 can carry them, or any Russian aircraft matter of fact.
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Do you really think Gaijin will care if none of these aircraft had the rails or access to the weapons themselves? The MKM was delivered before the Kh-38 even existed and got R-77-1 for a radar that’s not compatible with it, as it’s pretty obvious it’s whatever Gaijin feels like doing with it.
The 2000s era prototype MKI doesnt have the access to the same Indian made weapons systems and avoincs as the modern MKI
Like this plane is functionaly a Su-30SM
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Let them have Su-30MKI, just like how Finnish F-18C and F/A-18C MLU-2 went
only new avionics, no western weaponry
let them stockgrind all over again, for better avionics.
;)
Not entirely, it would likely have access to BrahMos which is also compatible with other Russian aircraft, though that could also be added to the SM probably.
…yes? The Russian one did not have weapons that didn’t even exist by the time. It did not time travel.
One cannot just put a missile on something and instantly expect it to work. You need programming for that. All of those need programming and modifications, which the Russian one did not have.
No idea why existence now has to do anything here with a Russian missile that is already proven to be able to be used on 30MK’s (which you even posted in the suggestion as an image), same of which cannot be said for the early versions of the listed weaponry.
It should be able to carry it, but as for functions I do not know.
Regardless, using that as a comparison to justify, or what appears to justify the Russian MKI getting those weapons does not make sense at all.
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The weapons did not exist at the time, or at least not in the way they are now
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They needed specific modifications to be fitted, as one cannot just put a missile on a jet and pray for it to work. A western missile on an eastern fighter 100% needs further modifications.
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I won’t even get started with the internal systems. It’s like comparing the MiG-21 F13 with the MiG-21 Bison.
In short, it does not work. Only logical way is to give it the weapons and systems (like the Israeli ECM and such fitted in Russia, which I am not against that), otherwise it’s like wanting as I previously said saying the F-4C needing Kurnass 2000 weapons and systems and such.
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I’m all for it getting whatever it was compatible or delivered with as well, but I’m not going to act like others are impossible in this game.
Other air craft get stuff they never got all the time. Just look at all the ldircm helis.
Look at mig-29N.
could you like make a list of stuff it can get ?
as far as i know is
- target pod
- ecm pod
- brahmos
I’ll make a defining section for it later, I’m still gathering details.
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is the mki same plane as this image ?
No thanks I think there’s plenty more interesting members of the Flanker family