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Ой, PnP, какие вы тут все хардкорщики! Нафиг АФМ, если ИГРАТЬ не интересно? Или нужна как минимум сотня миссий, с настраиваемой сложностью в каждой. АФМ - это конечно хорошо, но динамическая кампания, по крайней мере для меня, сейчас важнее. Хотя что разглагольствовать - в ЛО не будет ни того, ни другого.

Hi, Please keep this civilised and stay off the politics or the thread will be closed. My 2 cents, I agree with D-Scythe that it shouldnt come as much of a surprise that AMRAAM equipped F-15Cs would have a distinct advantage over R-27R equipped MiG-29As - the latter is a tech generation behind the former. However, the point about numerical superiority cannot be dismissed - Soviet fighters were designed to operate in an environment in which they would have the numerical advantage and have extensive ground support for their operation. In Yugoslavia the MiG-29s had neither - they were vastly outnumbered and ground command and control facilities were cripled by cruise missile attacks at an early stage of the war. It is standard NATO tactics(and as the very first action of a campaign) to launch cruise missile attacks against command & control installations in order to achive a break-down of the enemy´s ability to communicate and organise his defense. This tactic, coupled with the introduction of land attack cruise missiles and stealth bombers, has proved very effective against a Soviet style airdefence system - the standard Soviet fighters were not well equipped with onboard systems in terms of allowing them to operate effectively as independant entities, but were highly dependant on GCI to provide the "situational awareness" and organise their efforts. Its a bit like if you were to engage in a fist fight with an opponent who wears glasses - start by tearing off his glasses, and your chances of prevailing become much greater :) . The Soviet planners recognised this problem and took steps to deal with it - introducing SAM systems that are harder to "disable" and developing new MiG-29 and Su-27 versions with better onboard systems, which in combination with AWACS, are much better equipped for operating independantly of ground control systems. But these efforts didnt make it into the airdefense systems of "client states" and their weaknesses have been exploited. Cheers, - JJ.