F-2A would be very nice to have as everyone now virtually has a new top tier jet with a cool new feature, while japan got a copy paste that adds virtually nothing.
F-1 Late would be nice too though
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Watch them pull a Finnish F-18 and make it 14.0 w/o HMD (MLU-1 couldβve easily been the version and been identical to F/A-18 Late)
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Knowing gaijin, they will do this to japan, Iβd hate to admit it but i wouldnt be surprised if this was the case
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I think itβd be a difficult aircraft to balance honestly. AIM-9Ls but no flares, put it too high and itβd be smacked around by 9Ls and other similar missiles, put it too low and itβd dog on subsonic / flareless aircraft
iirc it had Chaff pods, but only chaff pods? youβd probably just have to run Zunis as BTEC Flares
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it has chaff pods yes
watch them not add any of the domestic Japanese A2G/A2S missiles, essentially stripping Japanβs multirole aircraft of any multirole capabilities
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I am hoping if they plan to add the F-1 Late or F-2A they implement the long awaited GCS-1. They say βno proof it can track tanksβ despite repeatedly being proven it can
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all of modern domestic aircraft lacking its ground ordinance including basic features.
Like T-2βs RWR (uses the one on the F-1)
GCS-1 for T-2 onwards and so on
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Then we wouldβve never needed a Thai subtree for CAS!
Though Iβm a little glad they did add Thailand, the Alpha Jet, Harriers and F-5T are so fun in GRB.
I love CAS options at a BR nothings at + planes that are severely under developped in todays era
Chaff pod is missing in F-1 manual same as the control panels for Chaff pods. Meanwhile at the same manual for T-2 there is. F-1 didnβt have chaff pods
T-2 missing any RWR IRL
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Are you sure
F-1 didnβt have chaff pods
Outerpylon
I am totally sure because read the whole manual searching it but missing
And I know about photos with Chaff pods, but because of missing in manuals it looks they just attached it with no possibility to operate
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there is ability to operate, however during its service there was no active need to use it on a day to day basis
A-7E Moment
Why you claim the ability to use it with no checking the loadout manual where it is missing for F-1 but there is in T-2 one
A-7E just heavily inhaling waiting for its turn
Eh, GCS might be better than nothing, but worse than GBUβs or JDAMβs in ground attack.
Sure, they can pick up and track moving targets, but they only do that 4s after being dropped with no player input, so it would be difficult to use and to avoid friendly fire. Thatβs far from comparable to other nations.
Even with Thailand Japan is the 2nd worst tree for CAS, shared by Sweden with the same Gripen and only China is worse off because Gaijin refuse to add their CAS too.
The real way Japanese CAS could be good is with ASMs, but considering they didnβt add Grom-1 itβs a question if theyβll even add them.
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Why does the Su-30SM and Su-34 have the ability to use the Kh-38MT with no proof the missile actually exists other than a image on a brochure
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