different can of worms here, that was added in a period with no Fox-3s, whereas these modern small stealth fighters are significantly more complex than anything we’ve seen before, with full DAS and sensor fusion, highly optimised radars and encompass the general pinnacle of modern fighter engineering.
The F-22, J-20A and Su-57 are larger but less advanced air supremacy fighters and should come first while NE is getting it’s kinks ruled out so we can use the small multirole stealth jets in a more developed and interesting NE, since I think that mode is designed to somewhat replace Air RB
Gaijin could be really funny and give all the F-35s Meteor on the basis of technical compatibility in the same way they gave all the Eurofighters the same weapons at first.
This is incorrect. The J-20A is actually the most advanced 5th gen china operates with systems newer than any of the main 3 jets Edit: it’s only less advanced in its stealth characteristics as far as we know compared to something like the J-35
J-35A only entered serial production last year, it condenses the avionics of J-20A into a smaller package while being more stealthy, the aircraft is simply just newer
In regards to the other 2 main competitors, I do not believe the J-20A will be well represented in WT
It’s a raptor vs F-35 situation.
While not as capable in pure air supremacy, it’s a more advanced platform with the lessons learnt developing the J-20A going to produce a better RCS and technologically more advanced platform than the J-20’s we’ve seen so far.
it’s cheaper due to the reduced design costs and improved production chains, J-20 was a very costly program since China had to work from scratch
The RCS part is true. As for system china states that the J-20A remains their main 5th gen air superiority platform and the J-20A was also only introduced in 2025. I would say that china throws in their most advanced stuff there too.
I would even go as far as to say that the J-20A will be one of the if not the top dog for long range BVR unless the Russians have some imaginary sci fi missile as always that gaijin adds to the game