Major Update “Tusk Force” - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 3)

For Japan, I believe the F-15J(M) should have rearward facing MAWS but it’s not modeled right now.

I’m not sure if the F-2 has it, maybe one of the ADTW versions.

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Chin already gets (ahistorical) full 360 ir maws on their j11b and they get maws on their mirage 2k. Russia really only has maws on the su35s

Correct, I made a report for the ESTL very early on when the JAS39 came to the game ( Community Bug Reporting System ).

TLDR: the ESTL is a modular CM pod with both BOL (you know this one) and BOP (forward firing large flares) launchers and MAW+LWS sensors that uses a missile slot as it uses the same interface as the AIM-9 and AIM-120.

More reading and images

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( https://web.archive.org/web/20170622034243/http://saab.com/globalassets/publications-pdfs/eds/electronic-warfare-ew/234-0393_estl_folder_a4_final_web_pages.pdf )

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@Smin1080p_WT
Tomorrow is Operation Market garden.
Are we going to see some Dutch and British discounts?

Only if you watch a bridge too far

Is the MAWS for the Su-35 360° cover?

Ahh, what a day! Perfect day for new update!

Server downtime would have already been announced yesterday.

Ahh what a day! Perfect day for a new dev server!

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Su-35S is the only MAW capable 4th Gen for russia

I heard the F-15EX is able to mount a MAW(not sure about that tho)

Gripen E

Yes it faces forward backwards and to the side

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Nice, even if I personally would keep periodic release off because of the 80 cm’s, it’s still nice to get a warning to keep an eye on IR launches.

The su35 gets extra CMs over the su30 and su27

You can see 2 extra CM dispenser on the tail of the su35

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Am I misremembering? Dind’t the su35 lose some of the dispenser on the top of the tail?

Su-35S
F-15EX
F-15J(M)
Gripen C/E/NG

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No it still has them

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Ah fair enough, that’s a nice count then given they’re large caliber (imo).

Because FOMO makes people rush the BP (more money for Gaijin) and they get a cut from the sale of BP vehicles on the market

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We have an answer from Diehl, that you can say with an good wink it reaches Mach 3, but no detail as the exact speed is top secret

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