Yeah. Su-30’s initial development was completed by about '88-'89, and production begun around then. There are some Su-30’s that were in fact produced by the USSR, even though it’s known as a Russian plane.
The Su-30M package is merely and upgrade to make it a multirole plane. It is NOT the canard bearing, supermaneuverable Su-30SM.
The F-15’s MSIP program began in 1985, and between that and/or an F-15C, the idea that a Soviet/Ru plane, especially during the downturn in the USSR where investment and production of new technology dropped, would not be unrealistic or unfair to expect or see in a new patch. We already have the MiG-29SMT, mind you.
8x does feel like a pain in the ass, but it helped me to get used to such sights, so the ZTZ96 isnt equally pain in the ass. Plus the 20x command sight made it decent as a sniper.
IDK about how it is supposed to work but it deserves to be fixed if possible.