Storm Warning - Rumor Round-Up & Discussion (Part 2)

Once they add the big SAM can’t wait for ea-6, and F-16CJ

So they got the necessary systems removed, but then got newer ones which may have been compatible? And did the fins even have HARM in their inventory?

Though i guess gaijin could just pull an Italian AV8B and give the Finnish and swiss hornets before the US so people grind those TT’s

Awful decision, a jet should ALWAYS come to it’s original manufacturer/operator at the same time or before anyone else, never after, av8b+ was one of the worst vehicle decision in a while

Nope, they never used HARM but their equipment can work with it. Good enough for gaijin. They can mount and use it so for balance they’ll probably get it

Just based on Wikipedia, the V2 is on a few (18?) F-15C airframes in USAF service. That’s AESA and I’d imagine it’s good. Like a few people including myself have laid out, it’s likely that the F-1X with AESA will be a part of the slow build to 5th gen fighters.

Su-34’s V004 and MiG-31’s Zaslon are both early PESA’s, but to get the next true PESA we’re talking N011M, the second (and basically production) Bars radar. In visiting my collection of books at home, and then purchasing a new book, this one on the Su-33, I can’t find anything conclusive about it ever flying with any modified radars other than to say that a much older Su-27K (the predecessor to the Su-33), the Black 305 I’ve mentioned a few times, did fly with something different. So technically a single Su-33 has flown with some sort of (probably PESA) radar upgrade, but not the version of the Su-33 that exists in Russian service.

An economically viable upgrade path for the Su-33 very possibly could’ve (and could still be) the VEP upgrade to Myech (N001). This would be the identical radar setup of the Su-27SM.

To give the Su-33 the N001VEP or the N011 would not be a massive change technically. I think your best argument for the YF-23 is still the Yak-141 itself.

I wish they’d conveniently find that argument again and use it for the Su-7. That thing is so damn hard to fly in GRB given there’s almost ALWAYS a MANPAD launcher on both teams.

You think its a joke but it could become reality. The US has more than enough people paying for premiums and the perfect way to get more money would be to make the F18 exclusive to other nations for a while.

Issue with the apg-63v2 is it was very heavy and needed a counterweighr which added even more weight

v3 newer and solved weight issue

The typhoon bros mentioned well above in the thread that the Bundeswehr (almost said Bundesliga lmao) recently announced the purchase of, and integration of the Brimstone for German EFT’s. Apparently there’s a software update they’ve uploaded that will allow the earlier EFT’s to use it too.

I think it is quite simple, actually.
The US is going to get two F-18s.

They outright denied that happening

And gaijin is so well known for keeping promises

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In theory though, it could just load two packs of 9M331’s, so maybe it’s just a little simplification, or maybe upgraded missiles will be a modification for it.

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Literally gets bigger every update too

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Two F-18’s? How rude, there’s at least 4, if not 5 F-18’s they can add, and they better add all of them now.

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They enviously see other nations getting long-needed additions like the Rafale/EFT, but also forget they got like three top tier jets recently.

Also, can’t have Japan getting nice stuff to ig. Or the F-2 (copium)

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If now very recent upgrades are valid, EPAWSS, APG-82v1, PoBIT on F-16C, and spikes on US apaches are now fair game

Inb4 they are begging for Meteor and IRIS-T

Reminds me of when they cried about not getting a Brazilian gripen

If we aint even allowed em on Saraph, fat chance they appear on the McPache’s.