They’re also ignoring the fact that, to bring a higher quantity of ordinance to battle than the Su-30SM for example, the other jets need to sacrifice a significant portion of their air to air ordinance.
That’s something of a tautology, no? Few planes can carry a full load of AAM’s and air to ground weapons at the same time. Most of my CAS loadouts take the maximum number of useful CAS weapons the plane can carry, and then as many AAM’s as can be carried without impinging on that. The sample Su-34 and F-15E loadouts I mentioned earlier were based on the presets I actually use.
This is also ignoring the fact that the time on station to use additional laser guided PGM’s renders their carriage effectively worthless when compared to standoff munitions like Kh-38MT and AASM IR.
You’ll notice I mentioned GBU-31’s and not GBU-24’s, as I agree that LGB’s are not terribly useful at top tier these days (I haven’t even bothered unlocking the GBU-24 on the Rafale yet). GNSS weapons are a different story.