Cute Orca says it is not a fighter bomber and may have TVC nozzles.
Of course and using fighter bomber to describe it is just a misnomer. It’s so much more than that.
So something close in size to this but with more range?
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I think something with 1 ws15 or 1 ws19 engine are the most likely configs. Using flywing design and no pilot, you can achieve pretty long range. Maybe they will use engine without afterburners.
UCAVs have to be pretty large to keep up.
This is how I think. J36 is the more stealthier, longer range and higher payload version of J20S.
J36 can also command 4-5 loyalman vs only two loyalman for J20s. Everything is one notch up compared to J20s.
Yes, think about J10b when it first came out and they planned for its electronic architecture with J20 in mind. J20S is that for J36. Same number of operators. Remember, J20S was delayed because they were waiting for certain electrical system tech to become available. It was always designed to conceptually be like an early command & control aircraft up front.
J36 obviously will do it much better.
The PL-17 when fired from a supercruising J-36 will certainly go past Mach 5. I expect any rocket power weapon that fits the J-36 main weapon bay to be hypersonic by virtue of the speed/energy boost from the launching aircraft.
There is no reason for certain weapons to go into hypersonic range because they are not designed to be efficient in that envelope.
Except that there are no 5th gen aircraft in existence are under development that will have weapon bay anywhere close to the J-36's size. So IWB dimension is a true differentiator for generations, like stealth was for 4 vs 5th gen.
That’s because no Air Force has the requirement that China has. Who else is waiting for a near peer conflict in westpac?
I am predicating that 6th gen requirements for the manned NGAD of the USAF will be very similar to the J-36. We will see who's right.
I am predicting it will be very similar too, but that’s because both countries have to fight a high intensity conflict in pacific.
Yeah I have been around for a while as well. You are delusional if you think I am the flag waver on this forum.
You don’t have to change your behavior. If your post cross certain line, it will be deleted.
No, what Yankee meant by his tautological statement is that drone are NOT inherently smaller or lower cost. You have to stop thinking of them as such and recognize that high end capabilities will need large, expensive high end platforms, both manned and unmanned. As least this is the PLAAF thinking according to Shilao & co.
The drones will definitely be smaller and lower cost than J36. They just won’t be smaller than something like J10. Huge difference.
Because its speed and range means that in many cases it can appear in location where there are few supporting assets around.
Feel free to list a scenario and let’s discuss.
