Ive already seen 1 US main say that the ONLY F-35 that should have Meteor is the US one
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that and the AIM-174
I wouldn’t expect an Indonesian Rafale F.4 until France gets their Rafale F.4
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they went straight to 5th gens with AESA instead
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That’s fair. They could get them at the same time or do the classic thing and delay the export ver. by 1 major patch.
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Yet they are still looking into getting AESAs for their F-15s
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Would be interesting to see that come on super Hornet further weighing its airframe down and can only carry 4. People will do calculations in their head knowing that won’t be enough
Absolutely not, they should not even ask for Meteor on their F-35s.
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Yeah… Its does get a bit complicated, and I think its a good way of ensuring that F-35B is balanced vs F-35As and Cs, but I think US mains will expect Meteor on the A, B and C and only on theirs
The only thing that saves the F-18E in ARB from being useless is its loadout. It doesn’t have speed. It doesn’t have maneuverability. It doesn’t have a load of countermeasures.
makes sense. thats the main bulk of their fleet, and the most reliable aircraft in their fleet
who needs their BVR platfrom to be able to go supersonic anyways
It’s going to be weird. In theory there will be 4 different F-35 variants in a multitude of tech trees.
Yeah… Mass C&P.
Im interested in how they’ll model a few things like the all-aspect IRST or the cockpit (specifcally the AR HMD) , but overall, not something I would actually play often, like the Harrier, Id probably spend half my time just messing around with VTOL landing on Carriers.
Yeah. The VTOL on the F-35B should be interesting if done right.
It’ll probably be the exact same as we see on the Harrier, but I do wonder if they’ll need to bodge it like the Harrier.
iirc, the Harriers actually have a little too much thrust in the hover because when they set it to IRL figures, it cant actually VTOL :D
Ha! 😂
I don’t know where you’re getting that. The aircraft hasn’t been delivered or tested in any capacity, the IAF has not received this aircraft and the tree sadly cannot get it ingame yet because of this.
From what I have heard they have a test aircraft but no deliveries. I did revise my statement. As I stated later on deliveries are expected around 2035.
I was just gonna let this die because I thought what’s the point but there is context to my back a forth with Smin that I could not in add at the time.
Yes I knew this from the very start because I read over that CM post regarding 5th Gen at the time it was put up! I was at work at the time of posting with Smin, I could not add the context of, going off the 2026 Guess list of F22, J20, Su57 FIRST all at the same time thinking that this would be for balance much the same as Next Gen IR missiles showing up at the same time would be fair.
But Now based off Oxy’s comments and now knowing he knows things to a greater degree then I was aware of…seem like no F22 first.
Also me saying NO 5th Gen in 2026 was assuming because the F22 was a good match up for the other two nations 5th Gen aircraft 5th Gen would be pushed back to 2027 probably.
Yes I know the F35 is in the 2026 guess but it says they would be added later, how much latter??? also the F35 is the most Stealth…sure it won’t out dog fight the others, but are we to assume the MOST Stealth aircraft will be added FIRST vs other nations, Dang!