It’s not and it hasn’t been for months
It is and it was.
ECM and all of its CMs could actually help a lot, at least in the Gr1, but the F3 needs 9M and AMRAAM if it ever wants to stand a chance, even just a slim chance, vs anything above 11.7
The Python 3/PL-8 is way better and that’s ignoring the R-27s
It was the best missile before February but not since then
It was nerfed through the floor.
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But people aren’t going to want to fly a fat brick with artificially nerfed missiles and a subsonic which will get feasted on with artificially nerfed missiles either. Regardless of wether or not people want those commonwealth aircraft it’s a damn sight better than playing different flavours of brick.
It won’t be “fun” but with countermeasure pods and jammers, it will create yet another meta in the game, and will give a distinct gameplay by eras. Some people love props and MG’s (not my forte, or strength), some people love early jets, some people love the missile era (me). It will work itself at the end of the day. Gaijin is trying to stay in business.
In the 70s the US was rather dominant in the 80s the Soviet Union, that is jus thow it is. Gaijin does not always go through historical trends but sometimes due to the tech or whichever circumstance they are reflected in game.
R-27 isnt a close range IR missle.
adding the R27er to the MiG29 was a mistake, they added it when the radar was still bugged and the r27r was underperforming (it had a too high drag coefficient), but when they fixed it the 27Er was kept (probably for the better, since it became part of how the plane itself is played and while the MiG29 does not really need it, the yak141 does with his slow speed)
and where did you specify “close range IR”?
Yeah no it is not anymore. You can drop one flare fly in a straight line and the 9L will go home and explode 😂 they are not reliable at all. Python 3 and Magic 2 is better
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Ah see, that cannot happen. The reason is because only planes 20 years older than the Mig 29 are allowed. Anything close in age, is a no go seal clubbing I mean “balance” reasons. They will ever add a Jet from the 1900s before they add something from 2010 to russia. Their is a 20 year gap limit.
Also that would boost UK. Because the UK flew them.
Cause we are speaking about them. It would be quite stupid to compare… idk, r-60 and aim-54, wouldnt it?
it a hit and miss, it either follow you after you flare or wont follow you after you flare.
Applies to all missiles
You still completely ignored the Python 3
Aim-9L is the best missile huh.
Python-3 laughing very hardly to your statement.
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I’d disagree. SHar FA2 would have the best radar in the game by far and so hold a certain advantage in the BVR with AMRAAM.
9Ms could be enough to keep it in the fight, but ASRAAM that were held to a position so they’d be about 10-20% better than Aim-9M, to give them an edge in that theatre, or 9Ms with full off-boresight capabilities. Might be what is needed. There are solutions to fixing Britain top tier air without resorting to the lazy solution of commonwealth adds.
T-90 was a flop and not well recieved and is probably DOA. Most if not all SA vehicles have been DOA. With the exception of a really good F-18, then I’d not want anything from another nation. and by that point ,I’d say lets just add the EF Typhoon
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S. Africa flew them. Not UK. Brazil also fllew them so Italy would also get Gripen.
Oh so like swiss hunter then.
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