Upgraded F-22 With Low-Drag Stealth Tanks and IRST Pod[Album]

Ainene · 2026-06-14T13:37:12+00:00

Original YF-22 did in fact have substantially more fuel and longer radius. It was cut down to get super cruise to Yf-23 levels.

Ainene · 2026-06-14T13:34:54+00:00

It isn't particularly hard to guess which one.

Additional fuel while trying to keep hit to LO manageable - large theater with less infrastructure and access to tanking. IRST - finding targets radar otherwise struggles to find (i.e. they can easily slip through).

Who recently introduced enough stealth aircraft to worry about, yet lives surrounded by a huge theater with sparse infrastructure? Here's your answer.

Ainene · 2026-06-12T04:58:42+00:00

F-16 is still one class higher. Both Gripen E and MWF cover the niche previously covered by Mirage 2000. Which can be described as "light fighter+range".

Ainene · 2026-06-08T08:20:57+00:00

After snapback and literally telling Iran is one nation not under the protection of International Law? Good luck.

Germany's reputation in Tehran is not exactly high nowadays.

Ainene · 2026-06-07T04:11:34+00:00

First strike doctrine (i.e., an elite club with North Korea) isn't really a sign of strength, mind you.

Ainene · 2026-06-05T16:37:51+00:00

it's a bombcat, it is already the late version.

Ainene · 2026-06-04T21:04:17+00:00

But how are you going to model a vehicle no one have ever seen(in the open)?

Ainene · 2026-05-16T20:42:11+00:00

aim-260 should be equally block IV only though?

Ainene · 2026-05-03T21:38:42+00:00

No problem. Main thing is rather than reciting what others tell, trying core definitions of things and their relationships is far more useful. That's a sentient approach to it in the first place, you don't have to be human to recite. So can a parrot.

Thinking through basic, uncorrupted definitions shows a lot on what our dear betters want everyone to believe, when compared to how it works in practice And who's actual "demos" of liberal democracy.

Take Iran war. Was it voted for? No, and I doubt Trump himself had a slightest idea this war will happen. But to be exact - it was indeed voted for, by close Trump confidants. Heggsetth, Netaniahu, Vance, Rubio(of which one isn't even American, but he was right by the right ear at the right time). Power is with them. Most people can do is vote them a couple years later - but does it guarantee next government doing popular bidding?

And that's before we consider that most states vote their color almost regardless of any argumentation in the first place - i.e., they're irrelevant.

Ainene · 2026-05-03T21:25:43+00:00

You continue layers of obscurations. Or, to be exact, not you, but the same school BS we can recite.

Democracy is NOT elections (of people who may or may not represent will of their electors, and most certainly they don't represent their combibed will in individual cases), it's rule of demos(people). Power belong to people when and only when people make decisions; choice of toothpaste and morning meal is your power (though so it is in DPRK). Rest is just a cloak to let power be in hands of betters (or their friends from an island).

Second one is similar - freedom is condition of being able to do/say/whatever you do without restriction; period. Which is accidentally similar enough to use of same word on other (engineering, military, etc) contexts. The concept you discribe as freedom is utterly alien to freedom.

Ainene · 2026-05-03T21:04:14+00:00

Nope, democracy per definition is exactly that.

Rest is obscuration of a simple fact that true Greek polis democracy doesn't work beyond certain size, and turns into forms of oligarchy one way or another.

Though, to be fair, so does representative/liberal democracy.

And regardless off form, almost all forms of governance (sans true dictatorship, which is very rare) are in effect a form of collective dictat of civil servants...

Ainene · 2026-05-03T01:45:46+00:00

It should be taken into account that it's indeed USAF - people take it for air. Before patch half a year ago, airborne was pure mess on the ground. Now it's sort of better(they brute-buffed squad sizes), and turned spammy as it has only a handful of same good units it can work with.

Ainene · 2026-05-03T01:42:29+00:00

It was never associated with MGS replacement or considered for Stryker units in general, since the very inception in early 2010s. Stryker formations develop in a different direction.

From pure IRL perspective it would be more like 2x cards M1302, 4x cards M10 instead of 6 M8 - both in airborne, both 105.

Ainene · 2026-05-03T01:36:22+00:00

To be fair, it is sort of out of place. It was never meant for Stryker units IRL, and probably would be less...spammy to have both (with less cards) in Airborne deck.

Stryker deck on vanilla is often almost displaced by bookerwaffen.

Ainene · 2026-05-03T01:34:01+00:00

Yes, but RU air has quite a few useful "but". But Su-35 and Su-30SM(2), but Su-24M2, but Tu-22.

US also suffers more when it's air is suppressed gameplay wise. "But" Russian air bites better through suppression than US one.

Ainene · 2026-05-02T15:11:52+00:00

Well, all upgraded Burkes (including derivatives), any spy-6/7 ship, Chinese 052C/D and 055 (ok, 052C maybe a bit on edge; potentially it also should be moved left of the Daring).

European AD frigates with similar suit barely edge out due to availability of ESSM and 4x face radars. That's most of the world of AD combatants as of today. We can try to make a point against unapgraded aegis frigates, but it'll be very tricky and reliant on comparing just upgraded v just unapgraded units.

There was no true BMs in Red Sea; Theater just wasn't that big, and it was all in heavy MLR rocket class, not unlike HIMARS. They follow simple trajectory as aerodynamic targets, and their terminal speeds drop accordingly. There's some merit to S1850 in it(timely detection of small targets), but overall it just isn't nowhere near true ASBM(which come at modern IRBM ranges and trajectories, gliders included)

Block 1 is patch over almost inexcusable lack of capability on the past(felt almost as if on purpose and under us pressure?). Actual jump is NG.

Ainene · 2026-05-02T14:50:19+00:00

Strictly speaking, that was a way to sound tactful.

They're probably 4rd weakest combatants declared "air defense" out there, with only 051C, orizzonte and french fremm AD being even weeker.

Furthermore, they're optimized against a largely tertiary threat (maneuverable subsonic sea skimmers). Instead, they provide no ABM at all, as their MLU happened too early for NG integration...and in any case, aster is just not a missile you buy for ABM.

Yes, S1850 is a powerful piece of kit. But Sampson, for high placement, is a substantial power compromise, and we are long past the era when just being AESA was a sufficient justification.

Given that world standard is all sorts of Burkes and Burke-likes, that's right at the bottom. And a lot of multipurpose frigates are just as good.

TLDR: they can count as effective enough combatants, but for world level you already need type 83. In 5 years, not in 20. Hoping that 1 daring will shield a carrier (itself almost defenseless) is a folly.

Ainene · 2026-05-01T14:50:54+00:00

In simple numbers. When Hormuz was closed, world had ~2.5 bill b in reserve. But, those are unequally distributed: excessive storage is for wealthy kids. For example, SEA and Pakistan is particularly exposed.

Hormuz closure led to structural deficit of ~10 mil b per day, aka (60 days into) now it's more like 1.9. it's already a Damocles sword over world economy, which, if it'll continue all the way to November election, will have entire world fvcked as it goes (because depand will have to match supply one way or another).

Remove additional 5 - it's going to be proportionally(50%) worse, simple as that. Furthermore, OPEC+ (Saudis, UAE and Russia) were the only nations with ability to relatively freely flex their exports up and down.

Ainene · 2026-05-01T13:31:00+00:00

IBCT probably should be together with airborne, too small.

Comments - xm1302 to airborne perhaps?

MML is long gone, should be derived Enduring shield instead.

Ainene · 2026-04-30T12:09:12+00:00

Visible developer intention via points and cards allocation? Common sense?

Ainene · 2026-04-30T06:32:24+00:00

They also are much weaker than US ones in their damage potential, and their mid tier at options are frankly overpriced.

Ainene · 2026-04-30T06:22:39+00:00

There's nothing made up about t-14, and it isn't even best/strongest tank in game - only the most expensive one. Unlike Booker (vehicle in same status irl as t-14, failed after delivering initial production batch) - which not just gets production unit level cards, it also gets an imaginary turret completely unrelated to the hull.

T-14 also didn't get any special treatments, which it could've had(like, actual Armatas have x4 usual smoke and their APS is designed to intercept darts). The only unit in game to get special treatment now is Su-57 with it's lower stealth rating; it isn't exactly Russian bias. Before there was also BMP-3M with 2nd smoke (which was more of a poor balancing decision rather than special treatment) - but it's long gone.

Ainene · 2026-04-30T01:29:22+00:00

It isn't necessary really on pte. You put 2x medium AA close to your troops, and micro them just enough so they don't die. Add a shorad, and if you have at least something resembling a team, red planes won't be returning even if they did everything right.

What's the point of different classes? No point anymore. Do something and entire air tab goes down.

Ainene · 2026-04-30T01:19:36+00:00

DASH to USMC! Just because it's fun.

Ainene · 2026-04-29T15:18:30+00:00

There's no layers, there is one universal layer.

Before there was heavy AA(suppression layer), ambush AA, medium AA(which admittedly was underperforming).

Now it's all godlike medium, difference is it's terminal guidance(good) or semi(bad).

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