I mean in that case they either give the Block 4 to its NATO allies like Britain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Finland, and then Israel and Japan or the Block 4 will have to wait in game, like I said they won’t just get to the modern day and leave is unbalanced, there will have to be some kind of parity
This isn’t even really political, we are just discussing vehicle procurement after all
Pakistan F-16 is only basic block 50
According to this, which is official USMC, an operational squadron already has block 4’s
where did you get that from, aside from the like 1 NK premium?
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Yeah great, but as far as the video game goes, balance is pretty important, especially when it comes to the very end of the research trees
Yeah true, still pretty cool they’re operating them already though
I can see the F-22, considering that!s basically what you get with a stealth fighter in conventional configuration (see KF-21, J-35, Kaan, etc.), but where is the F-15?
Other than twin tail, twin engine, radar in the nose, which are all incredibly vague charactersitics, I just don’t see it.
I also wouldn’t call it fake, considering with a central fuselage built of the final and combat capable aircraft it is further along than the YF-23.
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its the intake things on the first one and the egine bumps and layout on the last one that remind me of F-15
how would final combat fuselage of the 5th gen be made if there was never an actual prototype
if anything the YF-23 was farther along than the japanese 5th gen
X-2 was a testbed akin to EAP, so it won’t be added.
But the built fuselage, engines, radar, weapons bay and TVC system of the final and combat capable aircraft make for an unfinished prototype. Though while I’d love to see some designs like 23/24DMU in game I believe this only allows for the final iteration of the project (and the one the fuselage was for) being 26DMU
This part is speculation, mainly based off their leaked plans to make Korea as subtree rather than a nation, but also the fact nations like Sweden or Israel came before Korea. Obviously plans can change and this doesn’t have to be an accurate leak either.
But what I meant to say was basically
“If Korea can’t get an independent tree, this would be a fair second best choice and benefit China along the way.”
Fair enough, I do think a Korean tree is somewhat unlikely, but I would love to see it, same is true about Poland, like you’d expect to have seen it already by this point
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So YF-23 had functional weapons bay and at least part of the final, armed variation completed?
I’m not saying YF-23 wasn’t far enough for the game, I’d love to see YF-23 added at some point, but it was cancelled in favor of YF-22 before it got as far as F-X got before the shift to 6th gen.
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YF-23 had a weapons bay but they never fired anything from it. i doubt they fired anything from that either. and im sure some part of the YF-23 wouldve been reused in the final one so yes, it probably did have part of it complete
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So going by that then they’re still only equal, both having only parts for the final variation done, but fully functional demonstrators flying.
Either way both are more than what’s needed to pass suggestion rules as unfinished prototype and really only dependent on Gaijins feelings at any given time.
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no, the X-2 is equivalent in purpose to the 757 used to test the radar of the F-22, or the EAP, it was used to test specific systems while the YF-23 was the direct prototype to the possible finished fighter, and actually flew while only a fuselage was made for the japanese 5th gen
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The 26DMU was very close to where the YF-23 was and still more than enough for inclusion
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did one ever break mach? or even fly? or be anything more than scattered parts?
also, i meant that the YF-23 was more than a tech demonstrator, it was the direct prototype to the possible F-23
i also dont want a pure fiction F-23, i want YF-23 with AIM-9/7 and/or 120
I mean it had a flying tech demonstrator
which doesnt even count as a prototype, it wasnt anywhere close to being qualified for game
That’s very unlikely, Gaijin afaik don’t add tech demonstrators, only the finished aircraft they would have become
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