Probably not unless they really cooked with the composites
If the J-16 empty weight matches the numbers that you find online, then yeah, the Su35 being 19T is heavier.
But it depends on what devs will belive when looking for the J16 weight.
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with ~half a month remaining til the next update teaser*, i wonder if we will finally get the 35s, or devs will keep postponing last 4th gens up until last pre 5th gen update
cuz im hella tired of canarded su30s already, ive been coping by flying su27sm
there is truly nothing i hate more than canarded 2 seater flankers (su37 is an exception to the rule fr)
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Just hoping it’s considerably different by giving it R-77M and or R-37M. Other than that it should have a maws as well.
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I do not believe so at range because the radar on missile has no optical seeker to handshake and pass over the data and translate to a radar picture.
EOTS > FOX3 is fully feasible in theory, actually.
if the EOTS can output general or precise coordinates, those can then be sent to the missile via uplink.
The missile knows where it is, it knows this because it knows where it isn’t. combining this with the fact that it’s being told where the enemy plane is, it knows where to go and when to pitbull.
Maybe really advanced fox 3 missiles have electro optical compatibility
You could do this with an AIM-54 if you send the EOTS signal through the radar or a dedicated aim block.
they would no longer be active homing missiles and more of an advanced IR missile like the python 5.
Python 5 is also uplink capable and can be launched outside of seeker range / gimbal limit if given coordinates