weighs over 2 tons more than the F-35A. straight downgrade
this is true
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but arent they getting Greece and will probably just get block 70’s from them? i do get the python 5 and AESA combo though, idk if HAF has that
Idk, I never kept up with the F22, I liked the yf-23 so that’s my only real area of knowledge for US 5th gen
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it was pitched as an alternative if EFT failed but never went anywhere
We don’t see Greece in Israel yet do we? Yet Singaporean Hunter is here, so it would make some sense to give Israel an F-16C Blk 72 (actually more similar to the PoBIT Blk 52).
That’s why I’m running through the British and Japanese trees, just by pure variety of vehicles
Rank IX (X?) will be ‘spot the imposter’.
US: F-35A, F-35B, F-35C
Germany: F-35A
Russia: Su-57
Britain: F-35B (and AU/CA F-35A)
Japan: F-35A, F-35B
China: J-35
Italy: F-35A, F-35B
France: F-35A (BE/NL)
Sweden: F-35A (NO/DK/FI)
Israel: F-35I
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Tbf that’s likely good enough for gaijin
it stayed on paper and UK isnt japan
They just have more vehicles. The SG total for ground vehicles is less than the number of vehicles already in the Israeli tree.
But if it comes to how many of these are unique to Singapore, then they match Israel again since really the only ones that aren’t unique are a Leopard 2A4, AMX-10P PAC-90 (only operated by Indonesia otherwise) and M728 CEV.
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Imo also should mention some of the domestic Japanese designs (26DMU, eg)
Possibly Kaan, KF-21 BLK3 (+ very early interest in Su-57E)
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not delivered yet and iirc gaijin said something about not adding vehicles that havent been delivered yet
what about J-20?
F-35I*
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I’m pretty sure leaks said that, not Gaijin.
Yeah, I know there would be more designs in the bracket, but the point was that 8/10 nations would be fielding the F-35 in some form or another. It’s going to be even more of a Blue-on-Blue fest than Rank VIII already is with all the various nations using the F-16 and MiG-29.
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do no other countries operate similarly modified vehicles such as their upgraded M113?
The funny M113 Igla with a German radar? No that’s a domestic invention! XD
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isnt there another one?
This one? Afaik there are similar models but no identical variants.
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I feel like this is the only valid argument to keep an export away. Sweden has no gain from losing the Gripen E to wherever Brazil goes or Thailand when they get theirs, so here I can see a valid argument to not add it elsewhere.
But when there is other unique options, the loss of uniqueness people cry about is just an avoidable issue that just takes mild effort from Gaijin to add some vehicles.
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