J-35 carrier fighter (PLAN) thread
- Thread starter Deino
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So many videos of J-35s have flown recently.
If there any info available if they were seen closer to the old SAC facility (IMO likely) or already at the new facility?
the author IP is in Liaoning, the old SAC facility
lcloo
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Liaoning is a province, and Shenyang is the provincial capital city of Liaoning. The new manufacturing facility of SAC is only 17 to 18km NE from the existing facility. The IP address tells nothing of the location of air space where the video was taken.
Since there is no side bay then they probably need to carry the IR missiles externally like the F-35. With lock on after shoot they’ll technically be able to carry those internally, but it’s probably not worth the effort for sacrifice limited space for a close range weapon.
A CDF simulation model excerpt from an academic paper, said to be depicting a J-35 carrying what looks to be at least one YJ-12/15 AShM while operating from a STOBAR CV. Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.
