I think the point was about Thai T-50TH, because of the Thai subtree, and Indonesian T-50i which is just about the most likely secondary subtree for Japan.
The actual Korean variants would just go where Korea goes and most certainly not Japan.
Yes, however ROC F-16AM MLU use AN/APG-66(V)3
More comparable to the F-15E, besides I think most people agree that the Typhoon, especially when all the bugs are fixed, should really be a 14.3.
Also, the comparison between F-14B and F-15A is that the F-15 runs circles around the 14, like I think you’re forgetting how much of a boat the F-14 is, whilst the F-15A also has IRCCM missiles and a better radar. literally the only thing the F-14B has going for it is the Phoenix which is cool and all but for the most part isn’t a huge threat, at least now that people know how to avoid fox 3s.
If you want to look at it another way, then think the SU-27/33 vs the MiG-29G, the MiG-29 has much better flight performance, but more weapons on the SU-27 is enough to equalize the BRs
I’m not saying any of these are perfect analogies, but can you see what I’m getting at that 10 AMRAAMs and 2 9Ms can make up for the difference in flight performance with something like the F-15E especially when the F/A-18 is still a perfectly good dogfighter, better than the F-15E actually.
First they removed the Merkava 2D. Now they remove the M-51 and the Spitfire…
The Swiss thing has even less explanation
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It’s because no one bought it, plain and simple
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@Smin1080p_WT Will developers implement the stealth reduction features of the Eurofighter and Rafale anytime soon? We already currently have the mechanisms available on the F-117 Nighthawk.
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Why are people still going on about the YF-23 I don’t find it that exciting as it’s not that different to F-22 other than more legitimate additions there are also other prototypes that are more interesting and that didn’t get the chance to be serially produced
Except that the same aim-120s are fastly more effective on the other 14.0 platforms than on the F/A-18C. So yes you have more amraams, but you’ll also need more as your amraams will have far less energy from the platform.
Sure, Gaijin could just put the F/A-18C at 14.0, but that doesn’t mean it won’t have it’s face clubbed in by the EFT/Ralafe.
Like I said, it’s a 1 trick pony, only really good at AOA dogfighting.
The Chinese 6th gen jet that was on “display” perfectly captured the shape of the jet that is now flying today. What is concerning is the speed with which they had came out with the aircraft already. The question begs if they are already now coming out with other aircrafts in development. Other countries are not unveiling their 6th gen until 2040+.
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Yes, that is the most common “rational logic” In these cases.
However, there are a few things to consider:
We do not have Swiss aircraft in the regular TT, to encourage the purchase of a premium.
The Swiss community is not very large
Switzerland has no military history, to encourage non-Swiss players to purchase these vehicles. At least a Swiss tank of that BR would have tempted many to form a line-up.
Their offer was very short-lived, especially considering what was mentioned above.
This is the first time it has been on sale (with discount). They announced its retirement even before seeing the community’s reaction.
What did the gaijins expect? It is a prototype without history, from a country without military history (although with very interesting vehicles) that also has no lineups in ground battles.
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In my personal opinion, since there are Argentine tanks in the German TT, a Dagger or an A-4AR in 10.3 would have sold much better. But nobody understands the decisions of the snails.
People want to build domestic lineups. One or two Swiss tanks would have made this aircraft sell a lot better. After all, it is a CAS aircraft.
Question, are J-8s still in Chinese service?
I hope we just get more dynamic RCS in general.
For example later F-16s (Block 30 onwards iirc) use RAM to lower RCS compared to earlier models. It would be very nice if RCS was more vehicle specific (where possible) instead of the current system based on aircraft size.
This is the first time I’m hearing of this, source?
I want to say this isn’t true. There’s been specific variants for export that has been proposed with RAM, like F-16IN and Have Glass variants, but I don’t recall anything else.
Range isn’t the only factor at play here, the F/A-18C would be more akin to something like the J-10A which is perfectly good at 13.7 despite not having great radar range specifically because it is good at AOA dogfighting, and again the F/A-18C would have better missiles than the J-10 and more of them, making it a perfectly fine 14.0 aircraft.
The way you refer to aircraft it’s like the only way to play war thunder effectively is by staying at 10km altitude at Mach 1.5+ slinging AMRAAMs down on people, but that isn’t the only way to play, and it isn’t the only way to be effective. The F-15E is as much a one trick pony as the F/A-18C would be, all it does is go fast and high, but get into a dogfight with it and it’s a cakewalk to beat even in a J-10A
F-16 net mentions use of RAM on the inlet starting with Block 30/32 aircraft.
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Yes, even a few J-7E/G are still in service
lol