Well I never said they needed all of those jets, but they do need more aircraft options. It ended up being a mishmash due to the nations those chose to fill these lines, what nations it should have gotten is another topic and aside from the point. The overarching issue is that Japan alone cannot fill more lines at those last 2 ranks.
Without any subtrees it’s stuck with those 2 “F-16s” and 2 F-15s. Only other Japanese options they can add is more variants of those two aircraft’s, or the eventual F-35s.
Name me one Japanese plane thats able to use ARMs, AGMs or PGMs and is not a paper design - or has 13.7+ worthy capabilites too. :P
Besides that, players from featured Nations want their own stuff to be represented too, in one tree on a special note, not split across TTs from who ever made it initially - as to why Singaporeans are not happy with current situation.
And what is truly “unique” or “iconic” when it’s exported, modified, or whatever a hundred times over and over?
It’s the same as with “C&P”; “unique" is also only in the eye of the beholder - it’s not necessarily the one and only truth, no matter how you twist it.
It’s just that when people go “X nation doesn’t need Y tech” is what they’re atcually saying is “I just don’t want that X nation getting it because I don’t like X getting Y’s equipment” and that in itself just boils down to personal bias imo