Why couldn’t the MiG-29 Sniper be given bombs with a homing guidance system or glide kits? In theory, it could carry them since NATO electronics were integrated into it.Would it be possible to strike ground targets or air defense systems just by marking a point on the map.
If you can prove it is compatible or show that it is actually used, you could try making a bug report. Gaijin really loves handing out weaponry on basis of compatibility.
Even if you think logically, if the plane was upgraded to NATO standards and already had the new cockpit interface and everything else, why couldn’t you at least integrate a GBU-32?
As an example, we can take the MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force: engineers, without making any specific modifications, integrated both the GBU-62 and the AGM-88. I can even explain how the MiG-29 can use these types of munitions. As we know, the HARM missile has its own radar, meaning it locks onto the target when it detects an active radar, and the MiG-29 doesn’t need to correct it. The same goes for the GBU-62 bombs: they don’t need to be guided by the aircraft, the satellite does all the work.
not how it works.
they had to modify a lot of stuff to get them working.
I don’t think it makes sense, as the MiG’s smart weapons can only be attached to two internal pylons.
Not much is known, but as far as I remember, Ukrainian engineers upgraded the MIG’s radar, but did not change its essence. They replaced outdated components with modern ones, resulting in increased radar power and reduced overall weight of the electronics. (Let’s not forget that the radar was originally developed by the “Fazotron” bureau located in Ukraine)
If we’re talking about the amount of work, Romanian engineers did just as much by replacing Soviet devices with NATO electronics.
for the most part none of that was ever really finished as far as I am aware, avionics systems was basically all that was finished (as well as new wiring), but integration of new weaponry and new radar was not