I know it isn’t necessarily subtree but there is already a connection there and as far as military relations go, the UK has a very long-standing relationship, particularly with the Royal Saudi Air Force, like aside from the F-15 I believe most Saudi combat aircraft are British historically speaking.
If there are plans for ASEAN countries to be part of another TT then that would be good reason not to put a Singaporean F-15 in the US tree.
Yes right now they do but, considering combat aircraft only and going back historically it was largely British and at least from where I sit as a Brit, Saudi Arabia is one of our closest allies and one of the few countries we have good relations with that we didn’t colonize first
I mean if we want to talk wiki just compare the two pages or at least just the summary.
And I don’t mean unique just that the F-14 wasn’t a sign of more Iranian stuff in the US tree, like I was saying with the Qatari F-15, Eurofighter, and Rafale, you’re probably better off spreading them around if they ever do get added and they almost never get added as TT vehicles. I believe that was in response to Singaporean F-15s which could go to the US but equally could go along with the whole ASEAN thing and stay in Asia with either Japan or China, or better yet as a part of that combined Korean TT.
Pretty sure the South Koreans wouldn’t be happy about that, also with Japan getting Thailand and potentially more ASEAN countries a South Korean subtree seems less likely
Already confirmed by devs South Korea will never be a sub tree for Japan.
So America is likely where it would be, especially since Japan can get Indonesia and Thailand, and that’s before Singapore.
I do agree that if Korea don’t get their own TT then the US is most likely, but the devs have confirmed new TTs will come at some point and I don’t see many options better than Korea, especially now that India is a dedicated British subtree, obviously there’s Poland/Warsaw Pact/Visegrad Pact, and maybe an Arab League type thing but combined Korea seems more likely to me, we know it can work with China and Israel being prime examples and there is a good contiguous line of vehicles with the two being in a constant state of war
That only really applies to event/premium vehicles at least to my mind like the F-14 IRAIF or Kfir C.10, so if the Singaporean F-15 came with an event then sure I could see it, but a TT vehicle is a different thing, especially for air it basically never happens without a subtree.
Poland I can absolutely see especially in combination with other Warsaw Pact countries, but South America, is there going to be enough and will it actually be any more unique than a Korean TT.
Also, the fact that a Korean TT would start at rank V could be seen as something in its favour, there is a lot less development time needed to add just rank V-VIII which is where all the money is and what I think most people want to play.
The last time a full 1-8 tech tree was added the top tier aircraft was the F-4C and MiG-21SMT
Swedish TT on release - 24 aircraft
vs
Israeli TT on release - 19 aircraft
They may actually benefit from a shorter TT when it comes to filling it out and making it worth grinding, because it seems like 20-25 aircraft is about what to expect