If something like that happen and bomb fall in France, the US fleet would have some visit of nuclear cruise missiles, and if they don’t back up, US main population/economical centers would be targeted by ICBM (because France don’t have enough nuke to counter silo, so the doctrine is to use them where it hurt the most)
French nuclear doctrine don’t have a “no first strike policy”, and even use a “nuclear warning shot” part of it’s doctrine.
It’s really a “Never again WW2, if you push it, then nuclear warning shot on invading fleet/forces, and if you don’t stop here, then MAD” against any agressor, even thoses who have a bigger military.
“dissuasion du faible au fort” = “deterrence from the weak to the strong”
Also before that, in many wargames, French submarines managed to torpedo American aircraft carriers undetected (as did other nations who managed to do the same).
So the USA’s capabilities as an attacker could quickly be threatened.
Forgot to reply to this but, the only time there was a mistake like that was last year when the F-20 was mistaken for the F-2 for the March 2024 update. If I remember correctly, for February 2023, we were under the impression that it would be XF-2A since “what else could be Japan’s first 4th gen fighter”. Oh how naive we were…
It also says it’s fully integrated with F-15. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but F-15E and EX have gotten new central computers, and the EX has gotten full glass cockpit (not sure about E). So, to be honest, I think modern sensor fusion capabilities are heavily implied by all the different upgrades it’s getting.
Didn’t the Legion pod thing say the datalink allowed for more accurate or faster ranging instead of ranging in general. Also, if super hornet’s IRST21 can range (not sure, but if you do know about that it would be nice), then Legion can as well since Legion is developed from IRST21 sensor
I agree about the composite, they probably do make the RCS slightly better but like I said, not enough to really matter
Yes, Israeli players spent two weeks on Mav’s posts and did not receive as many replies as American players on F15e’s posts in a day. This is the case with Little Tree, as it does not generate any revenue, so Gaijin is unwilling to pay attention to player opinions
To be fair I know the guy who made one of the larger threads regarding F-15I is a US main or at least really likes US jets. So there was definitely support from US players. But once F-15E got engines many ppl were content, they literally got what they asked for after all, and it left the Israel mains (quite a few of which opposed -229 on the F-15E) lacking the numbers to get gaijin to add mavericks
Eh the difference is multirole, the AJS is very good and definitely better at CAS than the F-5A but the F-5A is more valuable overall for the ability to hunt aircraft after using its CAS.
Honestly id kill for the SHS, just a naval model of the AJS, but having another CAS jet would be great.
At that point just take the JAS39A or C, I’m not adding the F-5A(G) when it’s significantly outclassed by other vehicles at proper BRs relative to top tier.
Geolocation could just simply would mean it’s capable of jamming in the direction of a particular threat in this instance, not necessarily that it is capable of providing fire control. EPAWSS is not a sensor fusion system but rather an electronic warfare suite as they made it clear there.
The overall problem with the F-15EX is that at the end of the day it is not from the ground up designed to be a sensor fusion platform which makes sense given its age and thus will always lack capability. The F-15EX and similarly the Super Hornet will always have to be “outfitted” equipments like an IRST pod or targeting pod which takes up space and cause airframe drag as well as weighing the aircraft down, just to try and get close to the capabilities of something like the Rafale whereas these capabilities are baked in the airframes from the outset.
Was more talking in general. If we are talking exclusively top tier the AJS is entirely redundant and not worth mentioning. No thermal pod and limited ordinance makes it pointless past 10.7
I agree, I just put it in there because it’s literally Sweden’s ONLY strike aircraft even near top tier. You can technically take it as a second spawn after the Gripen-C, but it’s not a good option. Of course you’d be better off taking out the AHS or Mi-28A.
