The ATFLIR is being integrated for A2A usage, the same as every other 4th gen modernization program.
It’s a goddamn targeting pod, it’s used for targeting, in this case “A2A usage”, but it’s still an IR & laser targeting pod. Maybe read the entire post before opening up your mouth and speaking nonsense?
It has nothing to do with A2G.
Yeah, because Switzerland doesn’t have A2G ordnance, I thought we had already established this as a fact? Well, maybe you’ve missed that.
Case in point; Swiss pod + Germany’s LGBs and Mavs = F/A-18C that can do A2G.
If they already went through the effort of building a mesh and flight model for F-18C, what’s stopping them from throwing together a couple skins so you can add like four F-18s instead of one.
I’m “defensive” because I’m pointing out that the leak list posted by Gszabi hinted at the F/A-18C being delayed???
What is this logic I dunno.
I’ve barely had issues on the F/A-18 going on Germany even as exclusive, as long as concessions are made.
Your “conessions” are US getting a vehicle they’ve never had in service, never leased, never even touched it. That’s not concessions, that’s extortion.
I’ve yet to see you provide such apart from “uh oh integration of GBU-12s”, which is pretty irrelevant because what I had posted shows that the “hard limitation” was the lack of targeting equipment (and obviously the lack of ordnance).
Germany will get a vehicle from a neutral country that never got to use by themselves, nor ever serviced in a joint operation with Germans. That’s also extortion.
you are talking to the one coming to this thread and claiming that because Germany gets the swiss F/A-18C leaked (which is not confirmed and not sure if it’s added this update), the US shold get a leased FlaRakRad which doesn’t even exist because US didn’t lease it
Germany is getting a SUB-TREE, this means that this nations vehicles are becoming the HOST NATION’S PROPERTY (in WT) because they OPERATE/D THEM. It’s soo simple but you’re missing this point by so many miles it makes a US football statium look small.
Have you missed that UK has got the Gripen C maybe? Or how Indian T-90S is in the UK’s TT? Huh? Do you have any notion of what a sub-tree even is???
I just dont see how being rude to people helps arguments at all, i get some people may have different or “weird opinions” on things but you still gotta show some respect to one another.
It never lacked targeting equipment. It has always had a multimode radar. But just like with its weapons a2g carriage, has probably had its a2g functions not included to save cost.