China Flanker Thread II

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Bltizo said:
Applying RAM in various places. And of course we're not sure that's conclusive, unless we can sneak away a J-11B and put it on a RCS test range. But it's certainly a number we should keep in mind.
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I wonder how accurate these things are. Russians make the same claims about the RCS reduction techniques on Su-35 on Su-30MKI and such. I think the only thing I get out of this is that there are some RCS reduction been applied.
 
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They've been saying that since the beginning of the year... So far we haven't seen anything. Kudos to SAC's tight security!
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In terms of possible reactions from some neighbors, one can see some good reasons why PLA may want to be even more secretive with a 3.5th gen Strike J11BS than with an air dominance 4th gen like J20.
 
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J-11B's and J-11BS's With Taihang of PLA Naval Aviation 8th Division, Lianyungang, Jiangsu.

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Last time those who took those photo of the new J-11B/BS bird with Taihang engine end up with tea session with authorities. Kowtow to the takers bravery....

These photos more or less even comfirm WS-10A engine is in full sweep production.
 
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J-11B's and J-11BS's With Taihang of PLA Naval Aviation 8th Division, Lianyungang, Jiangsu.

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Interesting!

Tphuang brought up Lianyungang (LYG) in connection with naval J-11 some time ago.

But 8 Ftr Div is a South Sea Fleet unit, based at Jialai on Hainan.

The pictures do not really suggest an operational J-11B base, so what is going on?

All J-11B apart from lot 00 for 1 Ftr Div are equipped with WS-10A Taihang, so nothing surprising that these quite new planes have it.
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franco-russe said:
Interesting!

Tphuang brought up Lianyungang (LYG) in connection with naval J-11 some time ago.

But 8 Ftr Div is a South Sea Fleet unit, based at Jialai on Hainan.

The pictures do not really suggest an operational J-11B base, so what is going on?

All J-11B apart from lot 00 for 1 Ftr Div are equipped with WS-10A Taihang, so nothing surprising that these quite new planes have it.
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Ah but franco, it never gets old seeing flankers equipped with indigenous chinese engines given the lengthy wait we all faced :3

Can't wait for eventual J-10 production to feature WS-10s as well
 
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