Enough to get them fixed. Even after the buffs they don’t even come close.
After that just 1 prolly
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Yeah using the 4 missiles is not even worth it due to the loss in CMs
yes, and no. It was rolled out over a fair period of time to various Squadrons on a rolling basis so basically the latest possible point was '93, the last time a Squadron was (yet to be deployed) in a standing up cycle across the entire airforce (including non-deployable ANG airframes) was without them. At least if you ignore Strategic Chaff deployment systems, but considering their specific use case (fucking with Strategic (Nuclear) Early Warning radars) I’m ignoring them since they are specific mission equipment and not designed for self-protection or found in regular use.
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Full strength BOL we’d be okay with 1, but in their state, 2 is needed
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Kinda funny how latest F-15 to get countermeausres was only 8 years off the earliest BOL on F-15 I have seen.
Do you know when tornado got BOL btw? Would be pretty funny if F-15 had it first when for some reason F-15 doesn’t have it ingame
Having 4 would just be fun and trolly.
4 aim9m with thousands of CMs.
Imagine F-15EX with 8x BOL rails and 360 ALE-47 countermeasures
Wow a plane from 2024 having comparable counter measures to a plane from the early 90s…
From a government that isn’t useless and flat broke lol.
The FA.2 would likely have been updated again if there was money to spend.
The Sea Harriers also had jammers
What about earlier F-15 that had it as far back as 2001, but with 4 rails like the 90’s jet you talk about. And F-14 too
Nah Counter measures are cool and good on every plane that has them.
I was just talking about the Harrier FA.2 in game as it’s loadout options are very limited in war thunder
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Yeah that could definitely use them. Do you know if AV-8B could use BOL?
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I can check but the source can not be used anyway.
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It definitely had various systems tested on it, though I don’t know if it saw service.
Additionally the ALE-56(V) appears to use 4x ALE-40 / -45 / -47 compatible magazines, so could be fitted with the MJU-12, -13 or -17 magazines to permit the carriage of the M206, MJU-7 or MJU-10 families of countermeasure. so can carry up to 120 units, which is half that of the older ALE-37A/A.
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ALE-47, nice
So theoretically, AV-8B can use Britecloud 218 countermeasures?
I’m not sure the CMDS onboard the AV-8B (ALR-67(V)2 & ALE-39/A) would be programed for it as it, as it’s the ALE-39A/A that added Jammer capability to the dispenser. It very well may have been modified at some point during it’s service, but based on the documentation I have access to I don’t think so.
I was thinking more along the lines of the MJU-49 and others.
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Britecloud 218 might not need to be programmed by aircraft, just launched by dispenser. But not sure about that
But there is also GEN-X active decoys which can fire from ALE-39 and ALE-47. Though maybe these require the upgraded ALE-39
America has four, including two premium packs. I really don’t think the issue is minor/major nation, Gajin just simply hates the Harrier for some reason.
edit: America has 4, not 3.
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yeah, marines are bigger users of harrier. so not specifically UK hate, just harrier hate
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Harrier report for second dev server (ITR)
Harrier VIFF Turn rate to low // Gaijin.net // Issues
Harrier report for second dev server (STR)
First Gen Harrier STR still too low after Dev Buff // Gaijin.net // Issues
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There has been 0 plans to further change anything so I have heard.
Furthermore the ITR of the Harrier while using VIFF should be on par with the MIG-21
Yet it’s hopelessly out matched not due to the aircraft irl but gaijin refusal to care.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/0Og5A3B8DcWb
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