With the Kron there is a little, sure. But the Su isn’t really capable of defending itself well at 12.3, even with the F-14s going up.
But tbf they did nerf the Kron pretty bad to the point anytime I’m hit now in it an shell room goes up, then the next one, and the next one, until I’m sitting there at 12% crew and shell - less.
But the scharnhorst has never been nerfed, only buffed. And I’ve seen tons of allied and Japanese ships absolutely blowing the hell out of a Scharn for it to just sit there like nothing is happening XD
I would say the most fair tech trees for naval are USA, USSR, and Italy, with Germany and Japan having some bully ships that refuse any damage.
The extended Range and high average speed of the Kh-38 make it hard to reliably intercept (especially in comparison to something like the Maverick or GBU-8 / -15) also the lack of TWS doesn’t help for Pantsir counterparts doesn’t help alert you to launches, and provides comfortable standoff range against most expected threat SAM / SPAA systems, also systems that could threaten it currently aren’t likely to be implemented due to being multi-unit TEL systems (e.g. MIM-23, Rapier FSC, MIM-104 etc. ), or static emplacements.
Access to large caliber HE rockets & CCIP means that rocket runs are also much more forgiving and deadly than the 70mm / 5" HEAT that most other nations have at best.
In comparison to most other dedicated strike Airframes (e.g. AMX, A-7, A-10, Alpha Jet, etc.) it’s comparable in speed and climb rate at relevant altitudes.
Russian Teams at the BR tend to have fairly flexible and well constructed lineups, and the near certain presence of the Pantsir (or two) which can significantly complicate the capabilities of threat interceptors.
