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

I think it will get early gbu or bomb stock and have gbu-24 and 27 as modifications

Yup.

Victory in ARB will basically boil down to which team has fewer of the spooky dorito

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7.7 ARB, 12.0 ground, 13.0 sim

Most cooked plane mm

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12.0 ground?

are you sure about that? it’s only 2 GBUS and nothing else

it’s not like a pantsir wouldn’t shoot it out the sky upon spawning either

I just really really like F-15, all of them. The dark grey is by far the best f15 paint job though

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I mean it can get gbu27 but idk how much of a advantage that is. Maybe 11.7 with AIM? Or 11.3

I can’t imagine it being viable in ARB at any point. Sure, you can’t get locked by radar, but that doesn’t stop guns from hitting you.

It would be cool if it were added, but I don’t think it would be a good addition.

It has lower RCS than a bird apparently, so I don’t think it will show up on radar until you open the bomb bays

I would make a case saying the Black Widow would’ve been a decent candidate for first stealth jet… given that it’s A2A component is (all things considered) nothing impressive by the current game state (4 120s + 2 9s)

Not really? It only has a paltry ordinance, no A2A capabilities, sub-par subsonic flight performance, and no countermeasures. It should be fine somewhere between 7.7 and 9.0.

Naturally it’s THALES with more goofy stuff.

The point of AESA is multiband switching between individual nodes. PESA is unable to because the entire array is driven by a single controller unless they use a butler matrix.

Like I said it’s probably a misnomer or marketing verbage like how things such as Khinzal/Iskander are called “hypersonic” which is technically true since all ballistic missiles since the V-2 are, but in reality the term hypersonic is intended towards maneuvering payloads such as the DF-17.

It also had lots of IR reduction, should make it so all aspect won’t be all aspect anymore and a very cold exhaust

you can’t get locked by radar is very wrong

Stealth only reduces rhe Detection range, and even with stealth that’s still within the range of this game

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General Cheng Shitao gave you a thumbs up

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my point is the plane will suck regardless of placement in ARB.

My concern is not for the plane but rather for the BR it’s going to plague. Imagine a game 15 v 15 where 80% of the players are in stealth doritos that can’t do anything to each other…

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Man check how wide is X-band and stop saying nonsense, not only THALES uses X-band AESA term, but also Leonardo electronics

nobody is gonna play it more than one game if it’s a premium

if it’s event it’ll be forgotten by march

if it’s in the tree it’ll be a unicorn most players won’t ever see by christmas

it just doesnt belong in this game

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Wait a minute, it seems like the people from Guoan are knocking on the door

there is a seriously scary amount of misinformation and half knowledge surrounding Stealth and phased array based radar systems

the only benefit this plane provides is giving gaijin a platform with which to test “stealth” in this game, without said platform being utterly ridiculous.

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