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If you're looking for balance, you can find it in plenty of other games. A simulator is designed to simulate the technology as it was, not how some players wants it to be. You can believe what you want, but in reality, all systems have their limitations. And electronic intelligence systems have many of them too. As for the SPO-15, there's nothing surprising about it. The Soviets were never strong in electronics and lagged behind the US by a decade.

The average power of the APG-63 is also greater than the average power of the N001: 2 kW versus 1.5 kW. You don't know history well. The first AWACS appeared in the US and were used during the Vietnam War, at a time when the USSR was still only considering it. The SAGE semiautomatic interceptor guidance system also first appeared in the US on F-102/106 aircraft. And after that, the Soviets began copying it, developing their own VOZDUKH systems.

You seem to have misunderstood the game. Balancing isn't DСS's job. Every developer here strives to make the aircraft model closer to reality. And if that's how reality works, there's no point in distorting it to make things more convenient for some players.

This is a radar operation cyclogram, the receiver is locked during transmission, it has nothing to do with the SPO.

This document does not apply to the MiG-29. It is a general description of the device.

You're distorting the facts. There are pilots who report poor performance of the radar. And official documents confirm that SPO information cannot be used when the radar is on.

You're wrong. It's not mentioned there. There's a reference to a blanking feature in the 2011 document about the SPO-15. However, it has nothing to do with the MiG-29 aircraft; it's a general description of the device's capabilities. It's worth clarifying here. Not all capabilities are always and everywhere utilized. Recall the R-27R missiles. The manufacturer's description of the missile states that it supports a reduced target illumination frequency to enable a salvo launch of two missiles at two different targets. But the devil is in the details. Mikoyan and Sukhoi Design Bureaus didn't implement support for this feature in their MiG-29 and Su-27 aircraft. As a result, the missile can be used in a salvo against two targets, but the aircraft don't support this. The same is true here. The SPO supports blanking, but for some reason, the aircraft developers didn't implement it.

You don't speak Russian, but I do. It says there that the information can't be trusted. Quite clearly and unambiguously. Since these are Soviet aircraft, the original manuals in Russian take precedence over all others. And yes, it clearly states that you cannot use the SPO when the radar or jammer is turned on.

This SPO-15 manual isn't specific to any particular aircraft. It describes the equipment's capabilities in general. However, specific implementations of the station varied across both design bureaus and aircraft types. What's written here doesn't directly apply to the MiG-29.

I disagree. The F-15 outperforms the MiG-29 in every way, from its radar to its flight characteristics. Which is fine, since they're different classes of aircraft.

Why are you trying to shut me up? I claim that the SPO in ED is modeled correctly, and you're wrong. I'm basing my analysis on numerous Soviet combat manuals. It's just that you don't seem to have this information.

So you simply don't have this document. It's Chapter 6. Use of Individual Electronic Warfare Equipment. It's for aircraft 9-13.

The combat manual for 9-12 does not state anywhere that the SPO-15 can be operated with the radar turned on.

I have a Su-27 combat manual. It says you can't trust the SPO indication when the radar is on. Yes, it shows something, but the number of false treats makes it impossible to understand the real situation.

It's strange they didn't see it. This limitation is documented in Russian manuals. And this is not a failure, it is a feature of the device’s operation.