If I remember correctly, this is a MiG-23-98, a MiG-23 that uses the radar of the MiG-29 9.15 (modified as Moskit-23) and avionics, and is compatible with modern weapons. It never entered the VVS, but was modified from a MiG-23MLD. As far as I know, this aircraft is available in three versions, of which the MiG 23-98-3 uses the Sapfir-23 radar, but adjustments to the WCS allow the use of modern weapons such as the R-77.
If War Thunder tries to add this aircraft to the game, it will most likely be at the level of the J-8F, as the latter will also get fox3s.
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R-73 flare resistance hasn’t been changed since release.
Yep, it simply was never on par with the god tier IRCCM of AIM-9M from the start to begin with
aim9m is usamain skill optimalized. the usamain now can get 1.0 k/d
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By the time it was given to germany it also had it’s FM fixed conveniently
The fm still isn’t fixed what are you talking about?
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When the 9.12 was added the mig29 had it 2nd iteration of flightmodel. Meaning the 9.13 had an even more dogshit FM for 3 months straight… (in addition to a broken radar)
i remember they added R-73 on MLD last year December but was removed.
during the dev server maybe, i doubt we gonna see that at live