29SMT has by far the worst flight model there. Also statcard lies.
It’s a sidegrade. It has the best radar of the bunch but it’s BY FAR the slowest.
A clean F-2 tops out at 1364kph at sea level; F-16A-15 ADF and MLU do 1502kph, and 29SMT does 1555kph.
… at 12000 meters altitude, noone is dropping nukes at 12km above the battlefield
What other Fox 3 capable nuke carrier would they get anyway? Its the first one in the USSR tree
Wait, so does the JASDF actually know their F-2A can now carry B61 nukes? Or did you Gaijin just roll up with your own mechanics, mod the thing for them, and while you were at it, conveniently “borrow” a US nuke on the side?
I don’t usually meddle in forum talks but I have to mention this as people seem to have missed it.
All those F-16s will only have AIM-9Ls. While the F-2A and the MiG-29SMT will have proper IRCCM missiles.
It’s literally another closet NATO nerf.
Turns out its not even about the 2+2 fit, but RWR performance
I guess in the eyes of Gaijin/Bvvd the ANTILOPE-5/SERVAL = SPO-15 🤣
Seriously though. I hope there’s a bit more info there than simply just RWR.
This sounded more like an excuse, on GRB at least
the 29SMT choice is… odd…
It’s better defensively than most others thanks to HMD and R-77/R-73, but the FM is by far the worst, especially acceleration wise, which is what really matters for a nuke plane.
Also Idk if the nuke version gets the UV-5 mod, so it might have less (or worse) CMs than the rest.
99% of their communications are excuses not reasons. So nothing new there, but its just a wierd one.
the “we want aircraft to have 2+2 fit” would have been a far far more reasonable excuse
Nobody even noticed the AShM buff
HMS Nepal’s & cargo ships on Denmark/Port Moresby get ready
Wtf is a nuke anyway
Im not holding my breath that the ASMs would actually target the right spot on Cargo ships though
Maybe its time to use my F-2 ADTW in an anti-ship role instead of farming airfield AA with JDAM-ERs
I have had better results with the ASM-1, the radar-guided AShMs seem to target specific components more reliably while thr IR ASM-2 often just hit CoM for me
Why F-16s and MiG-29s and not the actual ground-attack aircraft like the F-15E and Su-34?
I don’t see why it was necessary to make every nation use an F16…
If they can give the F2 a nuke simply for gameplay purposes, why can’t they give nukes to other aircraft to act as the nuke carrier. Like strapping a B61 to the Typhoon or Rafale, or F15E and SU-34 instead of 500 F16s.
The only thing people care about when dropping a nuke is going fast and not being killed. And the F16 is just not a great choice for that. Sure, it has good air to air performance, but you are trying to get to the battlefield, not hit a 5 killstreak.
And sure, the Tornado and F111 shows their age at the highest echelons of top tier, but it’s more so a problem with being able to J out the second you hear that siren to smack the nuke carrier with a Fox 3 from across the map than the older aircraft not being a good fit.
So, I think this shouldn’t have been done. Placeholder or not, it’s a mistake.
becasue it is currently placeholders
FINALLY. this bugged me for so long i actually stopped using them for a while
Btw.
It is fun, that apparentally those new nuke planes are only available if you got 13.0 jet or helo in your own lineup?
Since I play 12.3 or 12.7 lineups, and having 13.0 matches, there is no new nuke planes to be seen
