His account got banned during the massive culling of military forums and weibos of April 2020.
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His account got banned during the massive culling of military forums and weibos of April 2020.
J-10C, J-16, J-20 and J-15 are being produced
The production of J-10C will be quantified in the future to save resources for the J-16 and J-20.
The current J-16D program has stopped. There could be two reasons:
1. Government dedicates resources to project J-20
2. J-16D is a pilot project, with the purpose of accumulating technology and experience for the J-15D project
The J-15D is a naval version of the J-16, in production
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I suspected as much already but do you mean 2020 or 2021 because I thought I accessed his weibo at least a couple times last year.
2021.
The D nomenclature is based on the Chinese character 电 (electric).... as in electronic warfare. PLAAF needs an electronic warfare aircraft and turned to SAC for a solution... much like how Boeing created the EA-18G Growler based on the Super Hornet, SAC used the experience and production lines used for the J-16 to create the J-16D.
Instead of being a multirole fighter (with strike interdiction being it's bread and butter) like the J-16, the J-16D will be a self-escort EW aircraft where it's mission is to jam enemy radar with it's EW avionics suite and EW pods lobbing off anti-radiation missiles. Having such a platform in the PLA's repertoire is essentially a force multiplier, and why the PLA have been tight-lipped about it's development and rollout for OpSec reasons. Based on Huitong's blog the J-16D is still in production... all be it the latest public footage of it was back in 2019.
Note the EW wingtip pods
I believe you are referring to the J-15S (S as in 双, meaning twin or tandem)... the J-15D is a naval version of the J-16D used for carrier operations. The J-15D currently is still in the evaluation phase with the PLANAF and AFAIK hasn't entered mass production yet.
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I believe you are referring to the J-15S (S as in 双, meaning twin or tandem)... the J-15D is a naval version of the J-16D used for carrier operations. The J-15D currently is still in the evaluation phase with the PLANAF and AFAIK hasn't entered mass production yet.
The J-15D is a naval version of the J-16D (not the J-16), in production.
SDF cannot edit post after 10 minutes. So that's a misunderstanding
Pardon, but since most here don't speak or read Chinese you must add a translated summary and even more important is to provide a source!
Can be from anyone maybe even Minnie Chan / SCMP and or Kanwa.
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Article Contents: The author explains why there is very little news about the J-16D project and its relationship with the J-15D project.
From the point of view of the author: Project J-16D has stopped, like the previous J-11D. And its technology was used to develop the J-15D
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