I think it’ll be updated soon, if it hasnt already
Uhhh, i can’t recall off the top of my head, will try to find it, it was a few secondary sources. However, i will contest your point, on “being better then the F-16” meaning it was good for the time. The MMC3000 (MIPS R3500) used by the newest F-16s at the time of the paper only had 4MB of ram. For reference the F-15C from a decade and a half prior had a full quarter of that, at 1MB from the IBM AP-1. And F-16s from when the F-2 entered service had 10MB with the MMC5000.
4MB was not a particularly high bar especially with the first source saying it’s about equal, instead of saying greater then. And while having more then that was okay yeah pretty decent for the early 90s, it’s not saying it really holds up to modern (early 2000s) standards. Also the F-2 uses a lot more of it’s RAM for regular operation then the F-16 does. Stuff like radar mode interleaving and it’s ECM profiling take up a good bit of RAM which the F-16 doesn’t require.
Ii’ll try to find the sources I was thinking of, specifically for them talking about it limiting weapon loads, since that’s the only part that really matters, might be a day or two though.
War thunder japan posted this meaning of something ?
Or are we getting a new Sabre 🤣
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this is the JASDF hamamatsu air base museum. Maybe to sound test an aircraft
from a quick search thats Hamamatsu JASDF Air Park. They have quite a view interesting aircraft, including the Mitsubishi XF-2A, the first prototype of the F-2.
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All of us once we finally get it:
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given Hamamatsu Air Park museum has 2 F2A’s, the XF-2A (501) and F-2A(557) stationed there I think it might be for analysis for the ingame model
However it also has the F86D Sabre Dog and Vampire.
Hopefully its the F-2A/XF-2A and not the latter (despite those maybe as event/premiums would be pretty nice)
Japan players will get the F-86D Sabre Dog and be grateful /s
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JASDF did say the F-2 computing power is not enough when they introduce LJDAM.
So it seems like it has already been upgraded in that regard?
At least for the ATDW aircraft.
There are constantly a budget named “F-2 performance improve” so I believe some of the F-2 in service are having this upgrade.
I wont complain
What does this jet bring to the table for Japan ideally?
Better CAS options (hopefully) and AESA.
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some of the best looking camos ever created
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Will it not feature a FM upgrade over current options or will it just not be that remarkable compared to current top tier roster
Its worse then pretty much every 14.0 FM. It can beat an F-15E in instantanious turn rate. (It can also out sustain a Su-30, but so can literally everything).
Stuff like a rafale or eurofighter will shit on it FM wise in every single metric. With it only coming close in instantanious turn rate, and even thats just, close, not even as good as.
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Depends. I am still hoping for the AAM-4B. Might sound crazy, but the range increase isn’t really ‘‘mechanical’’ in that it would have an increase fuel load, it just has optimised lofting and such - increase in the range is only apparent at high altitudes. Where it does make a difference is increased countermeasure resistance and basically immunity to ground clutter. If Gaijin gave the F-2 the AAM-4B, it wouldn’t be a sidegrade to the F-15JM anymore, since the F-2 can only carry 4x ARH missiles afaik, but it would be an upgrade since the missile would be much harder to defeat. This is imo the way - increased chaff, notching and ground clutter resistance.
How will it compare to current F-16 FM?
Expect slightly better F-16 so it should be close but EFT and Rafale would slightly edge it out. There is one thing different and that is it should get the AoA limiter option so can do things the F-16 can’t