Major Update "Hornet Sting" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 3)

far from braindead. will have to use gun turrets, friendly fighters, countermeasures to evade SAM and fighters

Yeah, but I think for most people, with the F/A-18 and SU-30, this March update will be considered better than most, it is a shame about the F-2, but saying that, we haven’t had any huge leaks yet, just the stuff we were already expecting plus a little extra, there is still time for it to surprise us all.

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Pirate IRST is also very good, but the issues with it are more to do with the automatic switching between it and radar, it has a habit of happening at the most inconvenient times and it doesn’t just switch back if you tell it to

well, once the IRST21 stops being useful, you can press a key to just eject it unlike pirate no?

True, I’m not sure they’ll be so happy about it back at base though xD

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theyll get over it after 20 seconds

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I actually considered doing my dissertation on this cutie.

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The Canadian Valentines were built by the Canadian Pacific Railway, iirc

Now I’m gonna see if the LNER or the Southern made one lol

F/A-18C with AN/APG-79(V)4 AESA radar similar to Super Hornet Block 2

Block I standard and might early production

AGM-84E SLAM for USA tech tree sometime this year, and launch for F/A-18C/D gulf war era ~ 2000 & A-6E SWIP

But wait AGM-84H & AGM-84K SLAM-ER in 2028 or 2029

Personally, F-22A Early pure air superiority fighter and zero Air-to-Ground armaments, but pre JHMCS and AIM-9X (Block I)

What has been fully confirmed so far?

Wasn’t expecting a super hornet this patch tbh, thankfully ill be ready to grab it when its out

Basically warspite through devblog and that’s all I consider confirmed (not counting event because thats technically gonna be this update)

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Edit- I am confusion xD

Eurofighter doesn’t have AESA

It’s Captor M which is mechanical

Most European Eurofighters don’t have AESA yet IRL anyways

Current EFT is not using AESA radar as in it’s based off the PD one, Captor-M.

Oooooooooooooooooooooh.

So… F/A-18E’s AESA radar would be better than Eurofighter’s?

Which Aim-120C? There isn’t just one Aim-120C like is seen with the Aim-120A/B?

Theres the Aim-120C-2 (Aim-120B with better seeker)
There’s the Aim-120C-3 (Aim-120C-2 but with clipped fins)
There’s the Aim-120C-4 (Better warhead Aim-120C-3)
There’s the Aim-120C-5 (Aim-120C-4 with better seeker and improved motor)
There’s the Aim-120C-6 (Aim-120C-5 with a better fuze)
There’s the Aim-120C-7 (Aim-120C-6 with even better range)
And the Aim-120C-8 (Export Aim-120D-?)

I think it’s the strongest AESA to date? Maybe even stonger than F-2s J/APG-1?

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