Worse pen, seriously worse reload, worse gun depression, worse gun handling, Armor not impressive at all.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my ZTZ99A/WZ1001 (screw the VT-4 though), but it’s mobility is all it really has going for it. Also specifically for flanking, sniping, supporting and especially brawling that reload is a death sentence.
As an aside I don’t think there has been any confirmation as to if a USN or USMC Hornet is being modeled; there is some potential for equipment fitout to shift significantly depending on which it is, so may be relevant to the F-18C (Late) as it is relates to the USMC config Hornet.
The next two are practically placeholders, as the Kurnass-2000 is the only Vehicle that has the TISEO implemented so far (though others could receive it), and as such impact would be minimal at best though may impact radar slaving the seeker of IR missiles though the “Notch” more reliably.
This is preempting the addition of the AN/AQ-228 to the Later F/A-18s as an option should it be needed, but is not yet implemented for any airframes at this point in time.
This is relevant to the potentially USN configured Hornet.
The only sources I’m missing is one for the AAS-38 NiteHawk pod (what i do have is fairly weak). But these reports cover a significant chunk of top tier airframes.
None of this is relivant to the context of what I was answering, nor does it change the facts or the answer. It seems to be trying to make a different point entirely.
American aircraft have been superior to Russian aircraft since Airial Superiority and the Su-30 provides Russia with a counterbalance 14.0 jet.