Major Update "Hornet Sting" - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 4)

[Sergeant_Toony]

real nice :')

[Stephensan]

want to play the (what feels like) broke fm of the early f/18 goofy ah stuff, and see what other jets that should have limit bypass

[MiikaLaakso]

I have been blessed by lord above, are those SPICE BOMBS !!! 🥹🥹

[Darksssssshadow]

totally normal :)

[Darksssssshadow]

[oom1992]

@spartinwarrior64

wdym this?

The early cruise missile

@JohnOverKill

Yes this all versions of the F/A-18C can carry it

F/A-18C/D in 1990’s only fired AGM-84E

But F/A-18C Late lack AGM-154 JSOW (AGM-154A & AGM-154C)

AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon: Silent and Precise Sawing

poll [image] History In 1986, the U.S. Navy started the AIWS (Advanced Interdiction Weapon System) program to develop a new precision guided standoff weapon. It was to replace older laser-guided munitions like Paveway series LGB, AGM-123 Skipper II and AGM-65E Maverick, so it was planned as a fire-and-forget weapon which does not requires additional target designation after deployment. After the Texas Instruments (later sold to Raytheon) received a contract in June 1992, AIWS program merged …

[Motherhen357-psn]

@Motherhen357-psn

New weapon not currently used by French ships ingame:

This might be it:

[KhorneFlakez1337]

@Stona_WT

Mechanics for predicting the lead direction for launching air-to-air missiles to ensure the most efficient kinematic trajectory has been added. The mechanics for predicting the optimal lead point are enabled on the F-16C, F-18C and Su-30SM.

I’m not well versed with the inner workings of SAM guidance systems, but shouldn’t some of the SACLOS/LOSBR SAM systems have something similar to this?
Or do SACLOS/LOSBR systems adjust to an optimal trajectory on their own IRL and stuff like the ADATS and Starstreak are just terribly modeled ingame?

[quartas121]

Very nice

[QuadOpossum4122]

I just expected this update to be boring for ground, not make me want to pull my hair out by nerfing two entire families of main battle tanks into the ground.

[noobnooby657]

could the game be so kind to just not do this

Spoiler

[quartas121]

SPICE and GBU-53 found in files, I think both will come at same time (without radar seeker for GBU-53)

[JohnOverKill]

@oom1992

F/A-18C/D in 1990’s only fired AGM-84E

Then at least give it to the F/A-18C (Late)

[AgentZombie_6021]

fun fact - To everyone in this thread saying “Gaijin would give the F-2 HMD because they wouldn’t add a top tier jet without HMD, it’d struggle. They’d give it one for balance”

I give you, the Finnish F/A-18C

a jet with no HMD at 14.0

[quartas121]

F-18C, not F/A-18C

Unless they changed it to have a2g

[SidewaysCube946]

I did not read the last 1000 posts or so… people actually said that? That’s absurd.

[Pvt_Wade]

also when they will add F-22 (Early) without hmd

[quartas121]

Yeah, likely because they added HMD to the Thai F-16 when it never used it

[Well_iJosh]

@oom1992

But F/A-18C Late lack AGM-154 JSOW (AGM-154A & AGM-154C)

I think someone made a suggestion on this

Expanding The F/A-18C Armaments

The F/A-18C is being added next update, better late than never. Unfortunately, it’s ground attack armament is quite limited in its current state on the dev server in comparison to real life. Being limited to only four AGM-65’s or four to eight GPS/laser guided bombs, its smart weaponry is quite limiting. I propose that the F/A-18C Late receives two new weapons, being the AGM-84E SLAM, and the AGM-154C JSOW. [image] The AGM-84E SLAM, not to be confused with the similar AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER, is sim…

[quartas121]

Add on the radar reflectors, it could come next update