They have been coming very early these last few updates, with one even coming in the same week as voldbegs started, if I recall correctly, however none have come beforehand.
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For one, unlike the Phantom, Hornet is not a brick… it can pull lots of AoA and I can see it be a competent dogfighter
Also, Phantom is limited to 4x AIM-120, while Hornet has 10x.
Personally, I think F/A-18C/D MLU 2 from finnish gave ground-attack capability and 2+ gen FlLR & laser designator pod
We are talking about the Swiss Hornets tho.
Finnish Hornets are a different story.
And it rates, and it has a smaller turning radius, and it has a higher thrust to weight, anjd it is fly by wire, and the swiss model can have a HMD.
Trailer after the first devblog season 2 weeks
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(or friday)
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Yes, that too
Personally I disagree with you there but in the end it’s not that important. Fact is the Swiss Hornets are A2A only and we’re never used for A2G. Therefore if they come to Warthunder they should only have A2A loadouts.
Agreed. A2A only, Also to keep the balance of German Ground top tier near to where it is. As I have come to understand that it is dominant and does not need to improve.
the devblog isn’t even that exciting. The reveal of the hidden vehicles is
unless it shows a Swiss hornet!
Funny how the airforce/pilots wanted the Rafale, then Biden(or Trump, don’t remembmer who it was at that time) did a little visit to them, and suddently they choose F-35 the next day xD
Really interesting to choose the F-35 for air patrolling their little country.
Malaysian F/A-18D, thai F-5A, singaporean A-4S
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Well, it is the most capable fighter jet in existence.
Maybe they just wanted to future proof
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Pretty sure the US just had some “friendly” talks with the higher ups
lol.
It’s just like buying a rocket launcher for killing moskito, it’s just lot of money lost when something else could do what they want (just air patrolling).
Airforce are not happy with that choice, and some public too when they saw the price it’s gonna cost.
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As much as I’d love every one of these (Though maybe the F-5 could be a more unique Thai F-5T, but that’s not the point), I doubt it. It really seems like Swiss aircraft are to be expected.
We have info that another nation besides Argentina is planned for Germany, and the Eurofighter is likely not being added this update. This leaves whatever subtree Gaijin has planned to jump in for this update.
Sounds like french cope. It’s not like Switzerland is poor. If they have the money I don’t blame them for going for the best option available.