No ... it surely has a black radome ! Look and compare to the radome of the J-11 with the painted cut-out !
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China Flanker Thread II
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No ... it surely has a black radome ! Look and compare to the radome of the J-11 with the painted cut-out !
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plawolf
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Its material science and quality control that seems to be the main bottle necks of Chinese engine design. Unless they also get full ToT, getting a few AL41s to look at won't change things much.
What more, the Chinese seem to be aiming for western standards with their engines if you look at the lifespan and reliability figures of the WS10A v AL31.
That means even if there are major technical breakthroughs on the AL41 that could benefit Chinese engine design AND they got full ToT, materials and QC may still be the bottle necks if the engines are not giving the lifespan and reliability levels the PLAAF demands.
EDIATH
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Not sure how you define a "supercruise engine".
117S used on Su-35BM would provide 14kn class thrust with thrust-to-weight ratio around 8, which is considerably lower than WS15 (perhaps on par with future WS10 series which is being developed separately).
In the first pic, the first three plane (from left to right) are J-11As with grey radome and a half white ellipse pattern. The other three with black radome are J-11Bs
Oh that article's been making rounds in the past week or so in various forms...
WSJ isn't a full military news site, so this article's obviously meant to entertain casual western readers with preliminary, basic, misguided knowledge (it gives many incorrect facts and implications -- the sherdils fly the K-8, which was never a russian jet... nor is it a fighter aircraft). It's not that big of a wonder to be honest that (just another) western media outlet would give this kind of view and not dig further.
I am interested in what the western media will say when the 4th gen fighter finally comes out though... should be quite entertaining.
plawolf
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Written by a complete moron who can't seem to get the most basic facts right.
That's 5 mins of my life I will never get back.
Schumacher
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Let me guess, something like 'Look, it's got wings, it flies..... Must be a copy of our *** fighter.'
kwaigonegin
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Written by a complete moron who can't seem to get the most basic facts right.
That's 5 mins of my life I will never get back.
the scariest part of this article is the line at the bottom..
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few years ago,report that pakistan attempted to purchased J-11B to counter indian AF SU-30,the proposal was rejected.
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