The R-27EA was an active-radar homing variant of the R-27E introduced in 1986. It was essentially the same missile, as the R-27E, just with an ARH seeker identical in strength to the AIM-120A. It used the identical ARH seeker which was later on the R-77.

The R-27EA was finished in development, and both the AMRAAM and the EA had parallel development, as i: both the R-27EA and AMRAAM both being succsesfully tested in 1985, with the EA being tested on Mig-29s. Then the R-27EA tests subsequently being finished by 1988.

«Фактически летные испытания **К-27А** велись на МиГ-29 № 970 и 971. В 1985 г. выполнили **три** пуска, в следующем году — **пять**.»  
— [*Missilery.info*](http://Missilery.info) article “Авиационная ракета Р-27 (К-27)”

*(K-27A was the bureau index; it was the long-burn* ***R-27EA*** variant.)  


The R-77 seekerhead (the same one as the R-27EA) was already in production afterall.

"The intense work of the teams is leading organizations for the development of new work was crowned with success, and already in 1984 it the first prototypes were read for testing. In 1987-1988, successes were achieved. Flight design tests were carried out successfully testing of a missile with ARGS 9B-1348, and in 1989 it was presented to the State Investigation Committee, completed in 1990. The missile was launched into puppy serial production at the plant named after Artem in Kyiv. Here, at the plant "Communist", the development of the project was started manufactured by ARGS 9B-1348."  [https://archive.org/stream/27...3.2004djvu492zip25Carrey/Su\_27\_Fomin\_izdanie\_3\_2004\_djvu.txt](https://archive.org/stream/27...3.2004djvu492zip25Carrey/Su_27_Fomin_izdanie_3_2004_djvu.txt)

(ARGS 9B-1348 is the name of the identical ARH seekerhead from the one used in the R-27EA.)

  
*Why include it*

1. Balance – Gives Warsaw Pact a credible ARH missile from 1990-91, matching NATO’s early AMRAAM without jumping ahead to the R-77 which is a whole different missile.
2. Low dev cost – Shares flight profile with the existing R-27R.
3. Historical plausibility – It really flew and guided, and was only months from State Trials when cancelled.

It is written in the same document afterall why the R-27EA project was frozen:   
*“In 1989, because of funding problems, the customer decided to concentrate the available resources on completing the new missile with the* ***9B-1348*** *seeker, and work on missile* ***K-27A (EA)*** *with the 9B-1103 seeker was* ***stopped****.”*

They simply decided to invest into the superior lattice-fin R-77 even though it mightve come later than the R-27EA. So in WARNOs alternate reality where USSR wasnt in economic turmoil of collapse. A soviet war economy would have put the R-27EA into service. Since the only thing that stopped it were a lack of funds.



TL;DR: In the game’s alternate timeline, where Soviet finances stay intact–the R-27EA would absolutely have joined frontline MiG-29 S and Su-27 S units circa 1990. Adding it would deepen the late-Cold-War air combat as the analouge to the AIM-120A.  


*Please consider slotting the R-27EA into WARNO’s arsenal as the Warsaw Pact’s answer to the first-generation AMRAAM.*





Add the R-27EA as the counterpart of the AMRAAM (MTW)