One of those cosmic jokes played on UK mains lol
No reason it couldn’t have come earlier with say the F-14s.
and for a single update, Germany, but yes. (especailly as it was the weakest and still for “reasons” )
And wouldnt even have been half bad if it had come with… something. Like Split CMs or CBUs, the fact it was barely stronger than the Jaguar was just even worse
Id say Tornado IDS with the Mig-27 (december 2021) or maybe alongside the Su-17 which was also in the same update as the F-14A June 2022. Also why the F3 wasnt added alongside the F-14A is the bigger question
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I thought this was answered? The F3 was simply too good to have been added that early. I’m sure Gaijins totally real statistics back this up.
Ah right yeah, this is true, British players are simply too good. It would have been unfair on the other nations to fight the Tornado F3 without Mig-29s and F-16s
10km is its maximum range. TBF I dont even think 95ya6 can claim it has a no escaping zone in WT at that range.
Surely bro
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What does the flanker do better outside of crashing and being slow?
cobra maneuver
That’s the 2nd one
r-37m
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R-37M isn’t a flanker though is it? Even then the MiG-31 is the better platform
it is on the flanker and makes it a potent BVR platform
Fair enough, I was talking more about base aircraft capabilities (range, payload, radar, speed) but yeah weapons included is fine by me. Since you said R-37M I guess it’s Russian made flankers
same goes for chinese flankers with the Pl-15 / Pl-17
Though there are questions of whether or not the R-37 is actually any good vs a fighter sized target. Sure the target has to defend but it was ultimately designed for shooting down AWACS and Tankers not fighters.
PL-17 is more of a capability gap for the USAF because the PL-15 is a lot closer to the 120D’s range and probably is at the very least being matched by the 260’s performance. The Navy has AIM-174B but Air Force does not.
And anyways, as far as payload goes the flankers might be the absolute worst modern combat aircraft considering their weight and size
It’s still possible to make a big missile capable against manuevering targets
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Yes, it can shoot down a fighter, but the question is though, how hard is it defeat at long range?
Especially being that fast, is it able to turn well enough?
I dont know the details, but if it was an older aircraft or the missile was in the RWR blind spot, then the pilot may have had no warning. How it would fair against a Typhoon, Rafale, F-35, etc is a different question entirely.
iirc that mainly comes from them being designed to have a high combat radius
wouldnt the CFT on F-15’s make up for this?
i mean 8,000kg is closer to a super hornet, F-16, or typhoon