J-10 Thread IV

[AaronGTO]

To clarify one point: the J-10C's downing of a Rafale on May 7th was not China's first encounter with the fighter. During yesterday's livestream, Yankee shared a rare photo taken in 1996 during General Liu Huaqing's visit to France, showing a naval variant of the Rafale still in its test flight phase in the background.

 

[siegecrossbow]

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To clarify one point: the J-10C's downing of a Rafale on May 7th was not China's first encounter with the fighter. During yesterday's livestream, Yankee shared a rare photo taken in 1996 during General Liu Huaqing's visit to France, showing a naval variant of the Rafale still in its test flight phase in the background.

China was legit considering buying Rafale at one point too, even after Tianamen Square since the French are unscrupulous. I think Pinkov made a stink about that in the early 2000s.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Brazil is also showing interest in the J-10C

Could’ve gotten them for free if they allowed China to build a space launch site but nooo… gotta wait line like everyone else plz.

 

[johncliu88]

 

[serse]

Isnt j10c pl1p and pl15 able to intercept 2 -3 target simultaneously?

 

[StPaulo]

Brazil is also showing interest in the J-10C

fake news

 

[siegecrossbow]

Isnt j10c pl1p and pl15 able to intercept 2 -3 target simultaneously?

You typically shoot 2 missiles per target though to either corral it where you want it to go or double the chances of bringing it down. That means you’d be able to meaningfully engage a maximum of 2-3 targets.

 

[SteelBird]

China was legit considering buying Rafale at one point too, even after Tianamen Square since the French are unscrupulous. I think Pinkov made a stink about that in the early 2000s.

Rafale is one of my favorite fighter aircraft. I once wished that China could buy a few squadrons of this fighters and put them on their aircraft carriers. But it was just my wish...

 

[siegecrossbow]

Rafale is one of my favorite fighter aircraft. I once wished that China could buy a few squadrons of this fighters and put them on their aircraft carriers. But it was just my wish...

I really wished China had money for Mirage 2K in the 80s.

 

[LCR34]

I really wished China had money for Mirage 2K in the 80s.

'历史没有如果‘Theres no if in history. But anyway, there's what IF when we combed history of the honeymoon era, there were chances PLAAF acquiring western planes, notably F14, F16-79 and M2K. But i'm glad PLAAF held on with domestic development which resulted in arguably best 4th gen heavy fighter (Sino-flanker), J10C developments which build up China's aviation industry that leads to development of J-20s and six gens today. Should PLAAF went with F14 and F16-79, China would be sanctioned by US, plagued with high maintenance cost of F14 and subpar performance of F16-79. And how far can you upgrade Mirage 2000 anyway?

Be glad that Su-27k and J-10 happened.