Can the Americans have the AGM-158 JASSM
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Thats precisely why KH-59ME and Sea Eagle is coming this major. However Storm Shadow / SCALP / Taurus are a level above this and not directly comparable in the same way.
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functionally speaking within the confines of this game how differently would they perform? because having 250km range over 120km doesnt matter a whole lot if the target youre firing it at is 40km away at most
not trying to argue about this but im just curious as to why that is seemingly being overlooked
But even then, the KH-59ME can already cover ~⅔ of the diagonal on even the largest maps, and I don’t think there’s any mode where any opposing air fields are noticably further appart than 120km. So that additional range just doesn’t matter in game at all
What about JASSM?
you can stick that one up your jASSm
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that isnt really a concern when the maps themselves arent even big enough for the KH-59ME if the maps were like 380km squared then sure that makes sense but when the biggest maps are to small even for the KH-59ME its kinda a weak argument for why longer range cruise missiles cant be added
not to mention the max anything can carry is 4 and thats on the tornado, the EFTs its only 2 as far as I am aware
its 370km range with IIR guidance and GNSS it is also a no most likely
How about GBU53 for F15E then?
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Tho that IIR is afaik also not capable of tracking moving targets (just like SCALP or Taurus). So would also just be a glorified JDAM
Can the Sep V3 be equipped with the 300 and 600 loitering Switchblade and the M134 Minigun on the turret?
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Wait F-15EX
As I’ve already answered today:
The reports have all been passed.
Some are not 250km vs 120km but 250-500km vs 120km with other advances on board beyond just range. So certainly right now, its not the subject of this update.
considering Spear Glide was denied most likely not (ignore Spice 250 is in game and these 3 weapons are all IR guided glide bombs in the same weight category)
@Smin1080p_WT Just out of curiosity what about reintroducing Grom-1? I know a part of why it was not introduced was it’s range but seeing as we are now getting the KH-59 which has a range larger than most maps could we see it added back?
Its possible someday, but not currently planned for this major.
The Kh-59ME already has a maximum range of 120 km in game though. The largest maps in War Thunder are currently 131 x 131 km, and the airfields are nearly never placed in such a way that allows the full map area to be used.
This means that the range of Kh-59ME is nearly always limited by the size of in-game maps rather than the maximum range of the missile. In that respect it does not matter that Storm Shadow has over twice the maximum range of the Kh-59ME, in practise they will both have the same maximum range in game, limited by the size of the map.
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Hey @Smin1080p_WT, has there been any communication of the devs on how they plan to balance the long range f&f + dircm heli’s? Not just talking about any in heli in particular or some of the bug reports regarding them and aa systems, just the situation in general. I find it basically unplayable at the moment unless the enemy doesnt play to the strengths of the helis at all or doesnt spawn any. Im sure im not the only one who would appreciate a response from the dev’s.
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