Then we’re getting the Late SU-33 which is excellent, Early SU-33s don’t have any visible antennas possibly hinting to the lack of radar warning receivers.
“yes instead of developing the naval jet line for Russia let’s make this iconic plane a squadron vehicle”
Could you add the F/A-18 as a squadron vehicle too? Silly Gaijin.
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Are you being serious right now?
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soo, where are we gonna see it?
is it just gonna be test drive eye candy?
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So you just going to ignore that the su27sm has a better wr than all 3 us 13.7s. It doesn’t even matter it’s all mixed battles at top tier
Respectfully Gaijin, this vehicle should not be squadron, instead being situated after the YaK-141. It makes 0 sense for it to not be in the tech tree, its like making every F-14 a squadron vehicle.
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Not really. It would be like making an obscure, alternate F-14 a squadron vehicle, with the other F-14s in the tech tree.
Or even an event vehicle like the F-14A IRIAF.
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Well theres still Mig-29kr in the furute
I’m sorry the Su-33 is literally the main naval multirole aircraft of the late Soviet Union and Russian Federation. It is a pure disgrace to put it anywhere but the line of its predecessor the YaK-38.
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Not really, its just an old abandoned fighter project put on life support with small modernisations like the L-150 RWR. Not particularly multi-role, or the main anything.
The Su-27S is the tech tree version, the Su-33 is the obscure alternate version.
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It’s so clear that you have 0 idea what you’re talking about and pay no attention to the military happenings of the Russians from like the 80s to present. The Su-33 has been on continuous deployment for literal years. It is not at all obscure.
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Nothing obscure about the Su-33. It is the navalized Flanker. It has no Western equivalents.
If Gaijin wanted some Flanker variant as squadron vehicle filler they could have used something the Su-27UB or an early version of the Su-30.
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Not exactly a big deal.
Why the hostility? Have a calm discussion.
Ok, I don’t understand his perspective either, but no need to be harsh.
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MiG-29K still exists. Much better than the Su-33 as next in line after the Yak-141 imo. It carries R-77.
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It’s a prototype, and although there’s the MiG-29KR, the Sukhois are still the main representatives of the Russian Naval Aviation branch.
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A prototype being in service with the Russian Navy right now? Uhhhh
You don’t get it…
The MiG-29K is a 1980s prototype based on the MiG-29M, while the one in service right now is courtesy of India reviving the project and modernizing it. It’s called the MiG-29KR and Russia decided to adopt it as well, but the Sukhois are still the face of the Russia’s naval air power.
The MiG-29K is not the same as the KR.
The Mig-29K is the one what India uses.
Heres the poll Mikoyan MiG-29K (9-41) - "Living on the Edge"