though i’d still guess Premium IDS not ADV. We already have the Phantom F4J(UK) for premium A2A, something for ground attack would be nice, to match the Su-39. Either a premium Tornado IDS or Jaguar would be good
Though im still suspect it will be for Italy as they lack an 11.3 Premium currently
Couldn’t post the video here since the file was too big, but I came across a rather interesting leak on a WT discord server about 30-40 minutes ago
Screenshot from said video, showing wingtip AMRAAMs on the F-16C (Will remove if necessary)
Edit: not sure if I can link to possibly the full video, so I will say this: looking at the video, this was done waaaaay too well to be a fake. Shading looks right/moves properly when the camera does, the modelling and texturing for it looks perfect for WT, and finally: you can’t add user-made assets or models (such as weapons) into the hangar, even if it’s a USER-made hangar. As a matter of fact, I don’t even think you can add in CDK weapons.
There are two options for what this could be:
Old footage of AMRAAM testing on internal servers (stated in a leak at least 2-3 patches ago)
Possibly newer footage from an internal test server
Second edit: the usage of the F-16C in the video implies that this video was possibly taken 2 patches ago, seeing as the F-16C likely wasn’t available for use (or even finished) until Sons of Atilla first came out.
" unarmoured/poorly armoured ", but not moreso than the DDG/CG 's themselves. In many cases the older ships are actually better protected against this kind of armament.
" Problem ", but is it ? Having AShM/SAM armaments onboard does extend the MM range a ship of specific size can remain relevant at, which is useful in lineups alongside larger, more conventionally-armed ships. But they are still limited by their hulls compared to the BR ranges those conventional ships can support.
Against aircraft it 's largely a non-start, the missiles allow a tradeoff to attack accurately at long ranges in place of reactivity to extreme close-in targets - like one might be presented w/ around a terrain feature. That trade still doesn’t overcome the missile-ship 's vulnerability against the main foe in NF, other surface ships, and their ability to influence the match by interacting w/ the other team 's ships or the objectives.