Yeah it’s more of a multirole than fighter, but everyone has had a 4th gen for some time now so saying they’ve been a generation behind is a stretch
Just say USAF lol, no one else in NATO is capable of covering all that, largely by themselves
Chap, the reason thar Britain wants better interceptors is they need to put quite a lot in W. Germany.
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I was talking in the past tense in that comment.
Britain obviously has a true 4th Gen fighter now and has for quite some time (Gripen), same for Sweden.
I was just referencing the time where they did not, where both countries were in a similar state of struggle to what Germany currently is. (To make the point that Japan, comparatively, is not doing too badly rn)
The US also had a major presence in West Germany, larger than the UK
To be fair the J-11A was utter crap. As a Flanker enjoyer I do not condone, and very much would’ve liked an early J-11B to be added without new engines instead. I get your point though.
The air defence tornadoes and viggen are fighters, gripen is later 4th gen, newer than both the F-15C and E but because it’s focused on logistics it’s more comparable to the F-15A in capabilities
I’m just gonna keep updating these at this point everytime I see a US main complain about top tier US Air.
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Australian Super Hornet and Canadian F-18s are frothing at the mouth currently lmao
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Again, I would not call ADV a fighter. It’s an interceptor. Two very different roles and use cases.
Even at the time, no one was under any illusions about its capabilities. This thing was meant to go up and challenge Tu-95’s approaching from the North Sea. Not contest air superiority against MiG-29’s and the likes over Germany. That was the Americans job lol.
It is very much Tornado being inadequate / not intended for the fighter role, which lead to the Typhoon.
It’s even worse since the FGR.2 and FG.1 are effectively identical.
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The fact you put the F-117 on there is a bigger joke.
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[CHN] J-11B, J-11B Early (Blk 2) or J-11B (Blk 9)
I might not problem if J-11BH (PLANAF) instead J-11B Early because spec like J-11B Blk 2
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[JPN] / [THA] F-5A, battle rating america F-5A because Air-to-Air Missile limited AIM-9B and none countermeasures
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[ITA] F-2000A Typhoon, Tranche 1 Blk 2 or Blk 5
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[JPN] / [THA] F-5T, very good close range combat with Python 3 & Python 4
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[DEU] Eurofighter (Tranche 1). like Italian
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[GBR] Typhoon F Mk.2, guided munitions limited Paveway but never saw Litening III targeting pod
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[FRA] Rafale C (F3.2), spec like Rafale F2.2 but addition Thales Damocles XF pod
I might no problem if gaijin add AIM-120C-5 & AIM-120C-7 and battle rating up to 14.3 in the future
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I made the second version while the update was still in its “leak-list phase”.
So there wasn’t much info known about it.
The point of the meme(s) still apply though.
if they add mid 2000s 4.5 gen its only reasonable for F-15’s to get their mid 2000s radar upgrades and missiles
Meme could be applied to other nations aswell amusing enough.
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the US gets that many aircraft because it has all that and much much more to offer across basically every rank and BR, the ratio of possible, reasonable US additions (not counting every last block of F-16) to what we get is about the same as everyone else
What every nation really needs this update which I haven’t seen enough of in the leak list is more SPAA.
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want me to rip the band-aid off?
No matter how much AA Gaijin adds… AA will always be bad
Because as it stands the jets
- know where you are
- are more agile
- can actually fight back against your attacks
- and can dictate the engagement
unfortunately this doesn’t change that much with better AA platforms-
The best counter to Air will unfortunately always be your own Air
Like look at the Pantsir for example. By and far the BEST AA in the game and it’s not close… That thing gets clowned by good pilots.
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i mean it kinda should be that way since its realistic, and it costs WAY more SP to spawn a plane than SPAA
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