I am unaware of any KTRV brochure for Kh-38s printed in the last 5 years.
I could’ve unintentionally skimmed over a post here containing one, but if you or others have one I’d love to see it.
MKM’s avionics suite was upgraded in 2019, & the aircraft is being upgraded again.
Su-30MK is older, not newer.
Racimazzedine did not show proof for Su-30SM2 as proof for Su-30MKM & SM.
No one in this entire topic has ever used this argument prior to your post just now; you are the first user to use this argument, congrats.
I repeat my only goal here is to mostly lurk & take in information.
Seeing bad takes & posts portraying those takes & other peoples’ is funny tho.
Fair enough. Tho I would argue about good thing part. Depends on perspective I think. For consumer, it kinda sucks to pay 70 usd only to realize you still have to grind to have weaponry that your plane for 70 usd should have access to.
You can argue that within the ‘Flanker’ Family Tree - there are lots of similarities. Airframes, engines, radars, etc. However each of the export Flankers is distinct enough to be considered by Sukhoi and their customers themselves as distinct.
The FCS used by the Su-30MKI can use Western weapons. No Su-30SM has been shown to do so. Yet - one of the usual suspects appears to argue that if he wheels out a Su-30MKI manual then the Su-30SM can now use anything the former uses.
If you want to show proof of use/compatibility - go for it - however fudging facts and trying to pass off sources for one aircraft in support of another is a brilliant way to undercut any argument for adding something.
See also my tongue-in-cheek Sea Harrier illustration further up the thread.
That’s the crux of the issue, all Kh-38 brochures being printed prior to Su-30SM & 35 being in service.
At least the ones we’ve come across.
We’re not a corporation with the ability to request and/or purchase unrestricted documents for video game development reasons, with potential NDA’s attached.
I mean yeah, saying the 30SM can use all the MKI weapons is a bit silly since India integrated weapons systems afterwards.
But saying that the 30SM cannot use the weaponry from what was advertised with the Su-30 w/ Canards and TVC is silly, unless you’re unaware of how the 30SM was created.
Oh I know the Sukhoi family tree and how the Su-30SM came to be (itself a story unto itself).
I am more stating the principle that using the manual for one aircraft to try and change a different aircraft is wrong. If you allow it for one example - you open yourself up to lots of additions for which there is no evidence/proof in WT - which I don’t think is healthy for the game.
