Well, if the primary intention was to boost the US performance at top tier, like they mentioned in the CM disclosure, giving them to the Euros would totally undo that advantage.
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Last ditch efforts by Gaijin to achieve as much balance as possible before adding IIR missiles….
Properly the Super bug and Golden Eagle
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I hope the GE, since the EX is shaping to be another boat like the strike eagle…
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Why would the F-15SG be 14.7 though? It only gets an AESA over the F-15E… while the EX would get 8 more amraams
It gets better engines
F110-GE-129
Isn’t that a given as F-15EX virtually uses the same airframe as the F-15E (it’s meant as a successor to the F-15E AFAIK) only with stronger engines, improved avionics and new weapon loadout?
EX would have 8 more amraams? How many does it even carry?
Doesn’t it get the PW-229, aka the same as the current F-15E?
No
With the MRML and the additional wing pylons, we get to 16 missiles (GE gets 12, E gets 8)
Ah my bad then, are those engines much better tho? I don’t have the figures in mind
Sad, was hoping for the F110-GE-132 (84,5/144,6 kN instead of 76,3/131,2 kN).
Today?
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Nah that engine is only on the F-16E
Ohk. Thanks for the info!
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Also it seems AMBER racks can carry two amraams each, so with AMBERs on the belly we could get to 20 or 22. But that’s hypothetical, afaik there is no evidence of this being ever trialed
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And when are you planning to consider fixing mica which is underperforming by more than 50% in range, and can’t even meet it’s ground launched performance (not even air launched) !?
Well, General Electric themselve say that the GE-132 is “Fully compatible with today’s F-15E and F-16C/D”. But I guess it wasn’t retrofitted/equipped.
Yeah technically every F110 and F100 is compatible with any F-15 and any F-16, but the ones in game use the engine they really used