F-20A with AIM-120s would be a paper vehicle, far more paper than YF-16 Japan Demonstrator [F-16AJ].
F-20A is a completed combat-capable prototype similar to Leopard 2K.
Second is the price is already increased thus wouldn’t increase further. Gaijin doesn’t adjust for inflation, let alone for only 2 vehicles.
T-72B3 2016 is already in-game.
Mig-31 is a wishlist item [I want it too, and believe it could be the next powercreep in top speed].
Like it’s not hard to understand War Thunder’s rules for vehicles:
Production vehicle and completed combat prototype: Gets weapons it actually received.
Non-completed non-combat prototype: Gets weapons it was intended to have.
Zero vehicles in War Thunder have swayed from these basic rules.
In light of possible Thai additions to Japan in this update, do y’all think Japan would be better served with the addition of a few other SEA nations? I certainly think so, such as in here.
Note: The research group isn’t trying to claim every ASEAN nation for Japan. Obviously, something like Myanmar will probably end up in China.