Id also like to see where you got that from.
irrc the R27EA prototype missiles where a similiar weight to the R27ET at around 350kg - which is lighter than the R27ER at 360kg
Also I feel like you make the R27EA seem more like a thing that never was - but the EA was testfired multiple times.
You treat it like the R27EM - which would be an entirely different story
Are you perhaps mixing the two missiles in terms of historical existence and performance?
(imma use Wikipedia as my source here - most trustworthy source that isnt classified and doesnt take hours to search up)
According to Wikipedia the R27EA has an approxiamte max range of 130km (exact same as the R27ER btw, but the ER cant achieve those ranges due to its battery running out at 70km) - The Aim-120C5 has 105km and the Aim-120D has 180km (the aim-120D funnily has the exact same range as the R27EM)
Perhaps they meant that the R-77-1 would be what was elevating the Su-30SM to 14.0? I really don’t think that the SMT getting 77-1s would bump it all the way to top tier, since it can carry at max 6 (assuming you drop the 27E’s) whereas the SM can carry like 12 and still have R-73s.
Maybe Gaijin will be giving more R-77-1 if Russia really needs variety in aircraft especially with the potential of Su-27SM being converted to the SM3 version.
AFAIK and little bit out of topic, J-8F also should’ve got PL-8B, but ICYDK, as of today only J-10A will receive PL-8B in the next update.
I’ll reckon these advanced missiles will be actually implemented to already exisitng platform when the BR Decompressed again.
Back to the old mig29 912 and 913,
Why not have the 27er removed and add r73 to 913, while move 912 down?
For 9.13:
r27r+r73 at 12.7. Satisfying for useful r73, Satisfying for other sides for no worrying 27er
Trade performance and sensors for r73 compared to 16blk15
0.3 higher than 16blk10 for having 27r
0.3 lower than jas39a for same lvl armament worse performance and sensors
For 9.12
r27r and r60m at 12.3.
Trade performance and sensors for r27 compared to 16blk10
0.3 higher than 12.0s ofc
0.3 lower than m2kcs5 for not having flr resist