russia being left behind in the air to air department doesn make this update less “fair” that the last one, which is what i was saying…
CCIP still more of a 4th gen. I’d say PoBIT is where it becomes a 4.5 bc of new EW suite and radar
Some of upgrades like the IFF thing and SNIPER XR aren’t in-game so it’s barely a CCIP anyways
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might just be the worse response to an illiteracy allegation I have ever seen…
F-15JM is already up there as top 3 aircraft in game, will remain top 5 with EFT and Rafale
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We’ve been saying this for years, the future of eastern aircraft fans, especially flanker fans lies with China, since they use the Russian airframes but with competent avionics and weaponry, and still have room left over for tons of variety through domestic and taiwanese aircraft
Fair enough.
The F-16 C still has a lot of potential with the aim-9X (wich we wont be getting any time soon) and later Aim-120 varients
Way too early for 9X, that’s far future. I expect F-16E with an apg 80 and GE-132 and 120C sometimes next year, and a F-16V and C PoBIT maybe next fall or 2026 first update
Eh the FM won’t change at all so it’s future viability will depend entirely on Gaijin’s will for additions like new missiles and avionics, whereas something like the EFT will have THE most competitive FM even when stealth is in the game, this is an aircraft that simply cannot get powercrept
The E gets a significantly more powerful engine but the V and PoBIT will rely on their sensors and avionics, like you said
well prolly get the AIm9X with the IRIST and MICA ir and maybe even the phyton 5 eventho the AIm 9X is the one with the shortest range of those named
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however it’s still fairly airframe limited, the issue with F-16s lies in their high speed compression and more thrust will only hasten that compression envelope
AIM-9X will likely be the worst 5th gen IR missile until we get a block II variant with the F-35 block 4 (not even in production yet)
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Yeah but will give advantage on other areas. If speed is managed properly it will be great
i belive i read somewhere that the AIM9X has arround 16km range compared to arround 17.7 km of the Aim 9M and 9L
more so that it will have terrible energy retention since it uses TVC, plus the fact that it still uses the sidewinder chassis which lags behind ASRAAM, PL-10, Python 5 or IRIS-T in aerodynamics and control surfaces
god i would love me some IRIST for the eurfighter and some mica ir for the rafale XD
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I’m pretty sure aim9x is rated for 15km buts that’s from ground launch so it’s probably like 20-25k from air launch platform. Also saw some figures of 9x being able to go up to 35k because it supposedly it lofts (idk how true that is though).
The euro fighters being so low and so good will ruin the experience of anything that isn’t in a 13.7. Unbalanced stuff is not good.
Even Germany is screwed over because they have to face them, so good playing your Mig-29/F-4F now.
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They will raise the BR ceiling, they have to and did when AMRAAMs first came to the game, 14.0 or 14.3 should house the new 4.5s and F-15E/C/J