Major Update "Firebirds" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 2)

thankfully, most if not all J-15s in service today use exclusively chinese weaponry

If J-11B comes to War Thunder, it will also get WS-10A engine (only very initial batch had AL-31F) which has more thrust.

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Watch Gaijin give them R-73 or something even though it’s not accurate.

Yeah but gaining could just add j15 (early) with russian weapons instead, personally I’m not the biggest fan of r77, so yeah can’t wait to have flankers more suited for my gameplay

Still waiting for pl8B, a proper top tier Chinese ir missile with great performance, but pl5ii does the job at least

i rest well knowing that if J-15 is a disappointment, i’ll have J-15B with J-16 avionics to look towards

unfortunately, based off of official documents they would be FAR too strong for the game right now, they would have better performance than every other IRAAM in the game

I just got to be patient, were at a stage where every update we get some cool modern fighter jet ( I like modern jets). Since I grinded all nations I’ll always have something new

As wrong as that would be, actually I’m not too against it, because I like off-bore capability of R-73. Not even PL-8B will pull as much as R-73 up close.

Could add it in a nerfed state like aam3 which I believe should have dual band irccm

Oh yeah it’s far from ideal, just what I do when I see S1 or i’m playing high tier against Russia

I’m looking forward to more Chinese CAS weaponry, but the kd-series is just too imbalanced (even the early variant of kd88 air-to-ground missile on JH7A has a range of 180km, since it’s developed from anti-ship missile), so Z10ME with CM502kg might be more possible to be in game.

I’ll be honest I want anti ship warfare to come for air rb

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Singapore was cleared for F-35s, which just doesn’t happen if you have the slightest relationship with China or Russia. Even Turkey, a NATO member isn’t allowed to buy them because they cuddled a bit too much with Russia.

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Having taken a break from top tier jets. I played a game in the Tornado F.3 Late
They have made Aim120 and other ARHM hilariously easy to defeat and IRCCM missiles take no skill to flare now.

Whatever they add next it wouldnt be game breaking

F35 should not come to any redfor nation like china or Russia. They have their own unique aircraft like j20, j35, su57

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For sim mode it’s definitely problematic

i am very excited for MICA IR, going to be interesting to say the least

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I’ve already team killed so many times in dogfights since it’s hard to visually iff a plane that almost every nation has

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It’s already annoying in ground sim to identify friend or foe, in air sim it’ll be even worse.