fair enough, but there had to have been a good amount of domestic fighter radar R&D considering how quick the US completely overtook Japan in AESA tech
Well of course. I’m sure the US was well versed in the technology and had their own plans. However the US was already in the dominant position so it’s not like they had any pressure to hurry. The free access they got with the Japanese tech most likely sped up the US research in any areas they were behind on.
Jesus stop the US main cope, the US isn’t getting Singapore.
true, things like real world data on reliability and stuff like that they couldnt/cant really simulate, which definitely wouldve been very useful to future efforts
what about F-15SA saudi advanced, saudi isnt tied to any tree, same with the qatari advanced eagle. if SG gets taken those 2 are still valid options
Pls remember that to new vehicles hard to implement.
Or their state gets attrocious like kf41
Goes to China :)
Gaijin desperately wants to add it to China.
US is the last nation that needs a subtree
Yeah, i think gajin realised its not that smart of a plan and canceled that project
I am away for a couple of days :)
noooooooo!!
what would happen here if you are gone!!!
it would be massacre!!

We did evaluate Gripen C/D but the reason was E/F was still on paper during the voting. There was no way to fly with it. Switzerland would have bought gripen E/F however. We said NO Gripen ;-)
I’d be willing to argue that it’s a uniquely strong lineup with two very capable multi role jets. Even when we look at the Russians in the next update, your equivalent is to bring the Su-34 with the Su-27SM, which is still amazing, but the SM still falls behind the F-16C as a multi role platform in my eyes.
France also has a good lineup with two mirages, although the strike variant still can’t carry Fox-3’s which is a bit of a bummer for self defense
If the update drops today, I’ll buy like 40 bucks of GE or something like that.
The question is, did Smin book time off to play the update, or did he book time off to have some peace before the update drops?
I’ll guess we’ll find out later
Both, neither, and all three.
I could do something here but I’m not gonna, whereever you are I hope you have a good time.
Brazil has the largest Lebanese population in the world outside of Lebanon. Chile has a population of about a half million Palestinian refugees and their descendants. I dont think theyd like that.
Taiwan doesn’t have the greatest relationship with China, either, yet they’re in the same trees.