Japan paid Boeing $450 million to upgrade their F-15Js. This upgrade will, among other things, include installing a new AESA radar (AN/APG-82(v)1) and AN/AAR-57 missile warning system.
It would be cool if somewhere in the future we saw this version in War Thunder as well.
Also according to demands by JSDF it will get JASSM and 8 MRM missile capability
Hey is there a source for this? All i remember reading is “increased missile load” in reports/blogs about the upgrades. I always assumed F-15Js could already use 8 MRMs considering they have AMRAAMS and the missile pylons to use them on the wings in inventory doesnt really seem like an upgrade when they can in theory already do that.
Do they mean 8 AAM-4s? I also believed the possibility of a higher load >8 missiles. But please correct me.
Ah yes thank you! I knew i seen that pic before. Maybe it will be a large missile load.
I remember seeing this pic from a document and it looks like it has a lot more missiles tho pic is blurry.
From what I’ve heard, it’s supposed to make it almost as capable as the EX. I saw nothing about the F-15J getting the extra pylons, tho.
There is the document of F-15JSI which say that it can carry more missiles
P.S. found another one. And here is said about 8 MRM
Can only hope they buy the AMBER racks to bring that capability up to 12 MRM’s.
Will heavier and thicker AAM-4(B) fit onto US-made rack?
wonder if they will ever buff the AAM-4s, since they are still not worth taking over 120s because of their weight
I think they are stlil worth it over AIM-120s because of better pull. However, I do think it will get buffed when AIM-120C-5 and stuff show up
Since when are they pulling better? From my own experience they seem to have pretty much the same pull with slightly more drag than 120 after burning out
Tests show that they do turn sharper off the rails. Plus that and better tracking targets near the ground and higher explosive mass still make it good for short range shots compared to AMRAAMS.
Right now with F-15JM
AIM-120- long range kills
AMM-4- shorter range shots.
Really AAM-4 should exceed the AMRAAM in long range performance but sadly not.
I doubt it, they are made to hold amraams and AIM-260 (very similar form factor)
Not possible, would require full FBW overhaul which is prohibitively expensive
I think the F-15JSI upgrade is meant to just increase the AAM-4/B number from 4–>8 tho we arnt fully sure what they mean by increased missile load so still possible we’ll see in due time.
That makes a lot more sense, thanks
If you look better at picture, there is no outboard pylons.
I could see them leaving AAM-4s as is and adding AAM-4B with corrected flight performance when 120Cs are added.
All ARHs have the same seeker anyway so AAM-4 to AAM-4B won’t be an upgrade otherwise.
AAM-4B has AESA seaker, which is quite defining trait of this missile
