Yeah… the Russian one, which was never build and from which the stats came in a dream of Gromvoinny.
If the F-22 comes around with 14 + 2 missile load (8 internal) alongside the flight performance, radar and low RCS it provides, F-35 is exactly what’s needed.
It’s slower and less agile, but has a comparable 12/14 + 2 missile load (4-6 internal), HMD and better radar to male up for the comparatively a bit worse RCS.
That’s not everything an F-35 is in reality, sure, but it’s what 7/10 nations need to compete.
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Hopefully after the rush to tip tier they will start to fill in all the gaps in the TT’s. Since it’s clear that going into modern day territory is the priority.
Where are you getting 12+2 for the F-35?
Which they shouldn’t have done IMHO.
There is always content.
Or atleast, separate the WWII-Korean war with cold war and modern era.
Stealth aircraft can go 1 of 2 ways
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The Stealth is OP as hell and ruins the MM for anything that can face them without stealth
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Stealth does nothing and the US mains spend every waking moment complaining about their stealth not doing anything.
Though honestly… We have so many 4th gens left to add, that even thinking about Gen 5s just feels dumb to me.
US can get later F-16, F-15 and F-18 variants and enough to last them for another year and a half at least. And thats without adding anything other than lower BR stuff.
Soviets are also not suffering on choices without the Su-57
Everyone else has options and upgrades for their current aircraft (let alone just getting their current aircraft up to IRL performance)
But the priority should be on Sweden and China, and to a lesser degree Japan, which dont really have much of a presence at 14.0 at the moment
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Yup… So 3 guesses as to which Gen 5 will be totally cracked
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16 missles… i know a few nations with only 6-8, from which one, only has acces to 4 radar missles…
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4 AMRAAM internal, 8 external (four per wing, two per pylon), 2 external AIM-9X
That’s the F-35s theoretical maximum, so it’s what it can get in game.
That’s with full theoretical external + internal load, I don’t think there are any pictures of an F-22 with that or even with inner wing AMRAAM
The one benefit of Soyuz being busted is that it pathes the way nicely for the Lion, H and A-150 classes to be added
You’re assuming they’ll spawn subs next to BBs.
I’m waiting for the Super Yamato. More than 10% was build. So i’m waiting for the 510mm guns to be added on the Yamato.
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Has it ever been tested or carried in real life? I’ve never seen an F-35 with dual AMRAAM on the wing hardpoints
I am not sure if it’s tested, who knows what happens outside of public view, but it is a capability Lockheed Martin state it to have.
Iirc the F-35B also is limited to only 4 external AMRAAMs instead of 8, but I’m not sure where I’ve seen that so take it with a grain of salt. But this might be an issue for Britain if true.
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We are buying F-35As. So its fine
though id probably just use the F-35B most of the time because I enjoy VTOL in SB to RTB to a carrier
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Maybe, but for now that’s just a graphic of a “future” F-35 from 14 years ago
Plans change, stuff gets dropped
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Its probably like the Typhoon’s 6+6 weapons fit. Its theoretically possible, but wont ever be done unless the need arises, which probably wont happen in peace-time and therefore be near impossible to bug report.
I’ve also seen RENDERS with six internal AMRAAMs
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Shame the Zipang wasn’t started, though the super yamato (or A150 if we went technical) would do nicely.
(If only carriers would be able to be playable in a way that doesn’t make all but 3 nations extremely disadvantaged).
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