Why does the Su-30SM get R-77-1 while the F/A-18C is stuck with AIM-120B?

i mean, f15ex will match it. both will got 12 arh missiles, altho the su35s will be better at short range, and will also get 6 of the longest range fox 3s in the game

Yep both are a miserable time for Typhoon.

I think unless Meta changes Su-35 will be the best all round jet in the game.

F-15EX will still have to depend on 120s

120s/260s by then will be 40ish gs, with .3 seconds delay compared to there .6 right now. And they’ll be the longest range medium range arh missiles. I think they’ll be fine.

AIM-260? AIM-120D-3 & E? AMRAAM-ER (more questionable, but still)

260s, Meteors, PL-15, R-77M and R-37M are miles away

F-15 might get a 120C

The EX is also a ways away

I dont know i see it sooner US needs a new F-15
AESA Radars are in game and Russian mains will expect a Su-35 after flying the slow Su-30.

F-15EX and Su-35 are pretty good counterparts.
Sadly the rest will suffer (not France)
Typhoons Radar is so bad and another nation having AESA and comparable flight performance just pushes it down.

What about a later C/E, or F-15SA. EX is peak F-15, deserves a special update with peak flanker somewhere down the line

Depends on how much of a leap.
Su-35 is the best flanker so guess the F-15EX is the best Eagle.

It works on that level.
Yeah there are other Eagles

Pretty big leap even from F-15SA to EX

I could see Su-35S or maybe a further modernized Su-35 added with EX in maybe a year

It was a big leap from Su-27SM to Su-30SM

We can speculate all we want. Maybe Gaijin drop the F-22 at the end of the year.

Give the Su-30 players something to complain about lol

Don’t need F-22 to do it just newer AMRAAM will do it enough.

By the way, when will we see electronic warfare? I don’t think it’s necessary to introduce the 5th generation, since even all 4rd gen have it or 3rd generation can use it via pods.

J16 exists you know…

Does J-16 have 14 missiles?

If they are going to do it might as well go all the way

J16 gets 12 missiles, no double racks

Either way a scary playload

they would have been able to have a F-15E late with 229 engines and the modern avionics alot sooner if they didnt throw an absolute fit over not having 229 engines which also lead to the acceleration and compression of the top end and contributed to worsening the CAS imbalance.