How is it bait just facts, if you don’t like facts then way are you here ?
for 450k rp + 2M SL a piece
hoepfully F-22 with T2 or 3 typhoon, as that is the true USA counterpart to the typhoon in its original mission which is air superiority
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The issue is gonna be weaponry, the US have great airframes but relatively dated weapons with the AIM-9 and AMRAAM, the Eurofighter has no stealth, but weapons like the Meteor, IRIS-T, and ASRAAM outclass the US weapons.
But by the time those weapons happen I imagine Europe will also get the F-35 alongside some combination of F-22, SU-57, SU-75, J-20, and J-35
id expect F-22 sooner as it is far more limited in what it can do, and as the first stealth fighter it should come first.
9x block 2 is no joke, ppl here will try to downplay it but it has an equivalent seeker and is better at close combat than asraam and maybe iris-t
aim120d is where meteor has advantage. maybe they will add aim260 since by then ittl probably be in service, though nothing is known other than it has at least 2x the range of the 120d
will still be effective, and unless they gaijin it, itll be the stealthiest plane in game. we’ll have the best a2g weapons in the game though anyways
120d id not a counterpart for meteor
it is already
holy hell, THEY SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE. they are counterparts. though meteor is much much more expensive
set to enter service 2025
aim174 is the counterpart for meteor
no, it isnt
aim174 is an AWACS killer, will probably also work against fighters since its based off a naval air defence missile. but it is extra big, super horent can only carry 2 iirc
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aim260 and aim174 are competitors to meteor, aim120d was never made to hit more than 200kms
The biggest issue with the F-22 coming first, over everything else is its US exclusivity, it’s much more likely that stealth fighters in war thunder start with the F-35 as it can be given to 8 of the 10 in game nations.
No doubt in the closest dogfights the AIM-9X is king, but at ranges of 1km plus the others have it beat and I think it will end up being one of the worse IR missiles overall.
I do doubt that the Eurofighter will have any kind of stealth modelled in game, the effect isn’t huge IRL anyways and stealth is still a spotty concept in game as of the current patch
aim-174 is very long range AAM, it is sucessor to the AIM-54 in a way.
aim-260 is more of a counterpart to the meteor though
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itll not matter due to it having to use external stores
174 has a no escape zone of closer to 40kms but nothing is known about 260
Itd be a nightmare to get hit in an awacs cuz ya aint getting out.
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Do you guys actually think they would add stuff like Meteors, AIM-260s and AIM-174? lol
at this rate, yeah
not for a while though