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China Flanker Thread II
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Really ?
Yes and its actually quite interesting to note the poster on this thread makes many salient observations, its also kind of sad for me as the Air Force Brat to see us fumbling about in our own A2A doctrine, ignoring that and allowing the A2G to dominate the conversation, while the worlds other dominant Air Forces seem to be ramping up their Air with many outstanding platforms such as the J-15, Pak Fa, and J-20. I'm afraid our own Air Force has taken on an effiminate, subservient role to the other services. I've watched this process unfold and many of the past lessons are being unlearned at a rapid rate.
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Another J-15 prototype !!!
How many J-15s are there now Dieno, I note the ex Varyag is on her fifth cruise, and those of us who have been watching her are waiting with baited breath, to see when the first air ops take place, and there has been debate over whether the first fixed wing would be the J-15 or the trainer thats all hooked up, to make the first traps. A touch and go has been suggested as a possible first step. On a closer look 555, so I guess we could call her the triple nickel?
lcloo
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.........On a closer look 555, so I guess we could call her the triple nickel?
If we take the last digit of 555 as a reference, I wold say it is the 5th prototype or 5th pilot production plane of the 55X series under testing.
Maggern
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Did Anyone Post 554 Before?
Is it me or does that look an awful lot like PS? I think this bad boy is from some kind of game or at least computer model.
That sounds about right to me, I'd like to see yellow bird shoot some touch and goes on the ex-Varyag, the guys on the carrier thread are like schoolboys on the last day of school before summer.LOL I have gotten caught up in it myself, whats going on with the J-20 info guys, are we shut down by the heat, or just no activity?
Any news about the joint Russo/Sino naval excercise?
According to Kanwa (not a trusted source) the Shenyang J-16 is already in production and is a clone of SU-30MKK and the PLA Navy will be the first ones to receive this plane.
China demonstrated fighter J16 to the press at aircraft factory Shenyang Aircraft Co; it is a copy of Russian Su-30MK2, reports Hong Kong military magazine Kanwa referring to a Chinese authoritative military source.
This airplane is a copy of Russian fighter Su-30MK2, the batch of them was sold to China early in 2000's, reports Interfax citing the source.
According to the magazine, Chinese Navy is quite satisfied with performance characteristics of Su-30MK2 fighter. The military asked the Shenyang aircraft factory to copy that fighter with antiship capabilities adapted for Chinese-made missiles. Basically, the fuselage remained the same as J11BS airplane has, said the source.
The magazine reports that the first batch of 24 fighters J16 had been already constructed.
Since early 2010, Chinese Navy began to receive the first batch of domestically-designed multirole all-weather fighters J10A which significantly increased technological level of Chinese Navy, reports Kanwa.
The Chinese military source told to the magazine that "national air force has not received 'cloned' Su-30MK2 yet. Normally, Chinese Navy gets new fighters first. For example, two-seat fighter bomber JH7 joined Air Force only after commissioning into the Navy".
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Does anyone have any news about the WS-10B 3D TVC engine and a AESA radar for the J-11?
China demonstrated fighter J16 to the press at aircraft factory Shenyang Aircraft Co; it is a copy of Russian Su-30MK2, reports Hong Kong military magazine Kanwa referring to a Chinese authoritative military source.
This airplane is a copy of Russian fighter Su-30MK2, the batch of them was sold to China early in 2000's, reports Interfax citing the source.
According to the magazine, Chinese Navy is quite satisfied with performance characteristics of Su-30MK2 fighter. The military asked the Shenyang aircraft factory to copy that fighter with antiship capabilities adapted for Chinese-made missiles. Basically, the fuselage remained the same as J11BS airplane has, said the source.
The magazine reports that the first batch of 24 fighters J16 had been already constructed.
Since early 2010, Chinese Navy began to receive the first batch of domestically-designed multirole all-weather fighters J10A which significantly increased technological level of Chinese Navy, reports Kanwa.
The Chinese military source told to the magazine that "national air force has not received 'cloned' Su-30MK2 yet. Normally, Chinese Navy gets new fighters first. For example, two-seat fighter bomber JH7 joined Air Force only after commissioning into the Navy".
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Does anyone have any news about the WS-10B 3D TVC engine and a AESA radar for the J-11?
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