This topic is open again but I would like to remind people keep it calm and to debate the topic not the user failure to do so will result in this topic being closed longer and failing that just remain closed !
Well well well, seems like it appears on one side significantly more for now. Interesting since it kept being brought up, i guess for this rotation you have 5:1 odds of leeway of not facing france if you play blufor nations in air simulators.
Whilst their was this assumption of France being either or. Again the point is, presets exist. You can create matches with presets that favor you. I think both sides can also choose a preset where france does not exist at all.
For only the F-16 MLU? Nah.
For what it is, it would remain as a mediocre jet even with better performing AIM-120s. China sways more around the PL-12 and marginally around the MICAs position in the meta.
these are some screenshots from the second video linked in the original post
I have marked added a straight line roughly parallel to the edge of the rail (it is actually angled slightly outward such that it is connected at the furthest back point of the rail, but slightly away from the front edge)
as you can see the missile is being guided with its fins are already pulling AOA and by the time it is past the nose of the plane it is already angled well off the planes bore sight
so I believe it is safe to say that the guidance delay should be reduced for rail launched AMRAAMs
this video also clearly is showing an AIM-120A/B as the fins are not clipped like they are on the AIM-120C and later
I left the post like a day, wtf happened I thought this one died.
Also while looking back through why was someone who has never used the AMRAAM’s posting on a discussion related to the AMRAAM’s underperforming slightly I feel like for a topic with this much nuance you probably should have a couple matches in a AMRAAM carriers.
However I respect the determination to play only Russian Air that would have sucked like hell 3 years ago when it was actually a pretty sad toptier.
Edit: Because this got flagged by someone, This is not “Ad hominem” this is simply saying that an argument when the user never tested the thing being discussed and argued about kinda causes misinformation, lol.
The fact I have to add this edit is stupid, is their no way to get a mod to review, not that its worth it anyways wasn’t a significant comment worth bothering a mod over.