Isn’t the whole issue with the F-15JSI is that its modifications aren’t super clear? We know its different from the F-15EX, but we don’t know everything. It was speculated to get the American F-15EX AESA but now we’re hearing about a potential Japanese one?
Its a bit different from the F-15IA in terms of what we know, since originally the IA was just the EX, and we only heard rumours of differences between them after. The JSI is a proposed upgrade for the F-15J (not a new airframe or upgrade to the F-15E) and its quite unclear as far as I’m aware on what it’d get, we only have tidbits (new engine/radar + EPAWSS, maybe AIM-120D and ASM-3?), everything else is kinda up for question.
Not sure if it’s me but BVR shots are very janky atm. There doesn’t seem to be any IOG or GPS modelled yet as after a few seconds of losing radar track they just self-destruct. If it is supposed to have two-way datalink then I don’t see any signs as it doesn’t correct itself after lock is reestablished. Works more consistently at about 30km and is very fast especially when it goes pitbull. You can tell as you can hear it and it does the most ridiculous 1000g spasm lol. Helis are still immune to them. Drag actually seems pretty high as I was able to pass them up in a chase shot. Overall, very buggy/inconsistent and obviously not finished.
I believe we would get most 4.5 gen jets feature in December update along with next gen ARH missiles like meteor, R-77M/R-37, Pl-15/17, AIM-174B, etc. We would also get SU-35S for Russia and China along with F-35 for NATO nations, Japan and Israel (if not F-35 then Indonesian rafale for Japan or Indian Rafale for Britain or both)
I always have thought russia was given too powerful of vehicles before other nations but, F-35 for SU-35? only thing I could reason about that is the small armament of the F-35 being basically an F-16 but stealth and worse ground attack
Hey @Smin1080p_WT , with the addition of the new variable battle ratings for helis, is there any chance (Especially with the now accepted DAIRCM report) that the AH-1Z may be implemented with LDIRCM (maybe AIM-9X) and JAGMs with a BR step to 13.3? It is an aircraft that has been long ignored and would heavily benefit from this.
Doubt we’ll see PL-17, probably just PL-15 at minimum
You get a rafale, you get a rafale, everyone gets a rafale xD
I think Smin said earlier on Britain wasn’t gonna be the “we have everything here” tree so I don’t think they’ll get Rafale. I’d personally much prefer just Tejas jets and/or at an extreme the Su-30MKI (baseline or Super Sukhoi version, doesn’t matter) for Indian representation in the researchable tree, basically all of those jets could be 4.5 alternatives to the Eurofighter IMO
only made to match the F-15EX. the JSI only recieve electronics upgrades not the engines so it is underpowered compare to F-15EX/IA. But the contract which have the F-15J kai upgrades also have AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 Japan buying which also some what linked with Operation Supercharge. Maybe extend Japan arsenal in the progress of adding F-15JSI
Most likely configuration is pretty much F-15J airframe (still with F100-IHI-220E engines), AN/APG-82(V)1 radar, EPAWSS, AGM-158 JASSM, 8 missiles because the only semi-specific information about missile load is the plan for 8 ARH missiles that can already be achieved with wing-mounted AIM-120D-3 and we know it will use American missiles. This would pretty much just slap the few things we know about it onto an otherwise stock F-15J.
Still there is also a lot with this that could be different in the end. For example Boeing did state there would be increased missile loads and “a complete transformation of the aircraft” (could just be marketing talk, but we don’t know) .There’s also claims of the delays in the project coming from Boeing putting it after F-15EX production because they would need to set up the production lines differently. This implies that it requires more significant changes to the F-15J that still aren’t the same as F-15EX (potentially something like F-15SR that got new forward fuselage and wings?), but is again weird when the first 20 F-15JSI now plan to ignore that and just be done by Mitsubishi before Boeing is ready.
Japan already has these in inventory, technically for use on the F-15J and F-35A/B (first AIM-120C were bought even before the F-35A), but in practice only used on the F-35s so far. This isn’t as much of a change for the F-15JSI since the F-15J can already use these missiles and even uses LAU-128 rails that can mount them on the wings, it’s mostly a change in what missiles will be carried operationally.
this is the most necessary thing imo, if the default matches at top tier werent 16v16 and were 8v8 instead, it would be a much better experience, this should have been top priority the day fox 3s got added to the game to avoid infinite missile spam
