9X 2003 but wouldnt have been more common until later, so probably no 9x
I see. Was hoping for a little more performance in turning lol
Congratulations?
Blame internal MoD politics for why so few shars were built. Though I would like to point out they were outnumber 10:1 during the Falklands and didn’t loose a single aircraft to air to air combat.
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I don’t think that is likely. But the harrier handles well at high speeds just bleeds energy really fast and so the nose authority suffers.
impresive, but argentina didnt have very good fighters and everything else was strike
though tbh 20-0 isnt half bad
Much much like the later F-104s I forgot about that
If you cant tell its been quite a while since ive used a Harrier
Your guess is as good as mine then.
The takeaway is that an Su-30MKI for it’s era is not a bad plane by any means. If you’re optimizing ideal loadouts and technology based on what was announced, or being tested, or theoretically available, then sure, every US plane basically has an edge at every era.
A 2020 F-15E is going to be a quite formidable plane against an Su-30MKI from 2004, or even most of the later upgrades.
An Su-30SM2 in the 2020 era is going to be very deadly as well. In BVR, in formation, I’m sure a few F-15E’s are going down, and more Su-30SM2’s in that engagement. In WVR, I still refuse to believe that an Su-30SM2 with an R-73M and HMD is going to lose if at all to an F-15E with whatever we call our HMD and AIM-9X block 2 or whatever fits the early 2020’s.
If you didn’t know, half the reason why Russia hasn’t pushed as hard on AESA technology has been because the Russian deployment of the “Tactical Air Force” has always been under the umbrella of advanced Air Defense systems. There’s no need to joust with an AIM-120 when an S-300 or S-400 can reduce the amount of targets to engage in the first place. Russia is realizing now it needs to grow in the area of producing more generally self-reliant and capable aircraft, not just sitting in AD envelopes all day.
Since they added RCS reduction with F117 last patch, i wonder if they’ll add RCS reduction to Rafale and Typhoon
It would probably be a gimmick considering the fact that weapons are carried externally and without EW suites, but still cool non the less
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yes, it is mostly due to US fighter design being more offensive, while russian jets as you said operate under defensive umbrella usually.
also im not familiar with R-73M vs AIM-9X blk 2 so what are advantages of R-73M
2020 Su-30SM2 vs 2020 USAF F-15E, the eagle has advantage in strike and BVR but Su-30 has advantage in WVR
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Soooo, devblog today?
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an interesting read.
too early now, should be in about 3-4 hours
Rafale F1 ~ F3.3 with PESA radar but RCS smaller Typhoon Tranche 1 ~ 2
If Rafale F1 ~ F3.3, infrared Air-to-Air Missile not extremelly and placeholder
It would be nice if the subtree for Japan did not block these planes:
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I suppose indian upgrade Su-30MKI late production with indian AESA radar and indian & isreal equipments
F-15E carry Sniper XR (2004 ~ 2012) or Sniper XR ATP-SE (2013 ~ present) targeting pod
But F-16C Block 50 equipped targeting pod Sniper XR ATP-SE or Litening G4
Devblog today?
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Yeah i know, “today” != “right now” but anywhere today i mean.
Well if I have no WT to fill the void I at least have the last Formula 1 weekend of 2024 to hold me over
We prey for dovbleg
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Some pray, but us hardened forum veterans prey on the poor mods for a devblog
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