China's Additional fighting power (What do you think?)

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Delbert

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What if China maintained its J-6 and J-5 aircrafts, upgraded its engine to faster and more modern versions. To make the aircraft more flying speed.

What the purpose?

They can be used as front lines or sacrificial aircraft. While the modern and better aircrafts were behind. But those older aircraft versions must also be armed with air to air missiles, so that they can shoot down any aircraft if given the opportunity.

This will provide a good cover for the better aircrafts, since the enemy will be focusing more on shooting down the aircrafts which are in front and immediately approaching. Because they provide significant threat.

Those older aircraft can also be used as suicide planes while combating enemy surface destroyers and frigates. Same strategy, the new and modern planes will be trailing behind carrying anti-ship missiles. Which in case if the suicide planes failed to successfully crash on the enemy ships, the better planes behind will be firing their missile when they come to the range.

Take note, when launching a suicidal attack, the plane must be fully loaded with explosives and jet fuel. To trigger further explosions in case of a successful crash on the enemy ship.

What do you think about this strategy?

But of course, I had to admit a lot of pilots will be sacrificed.
 
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yehe

Junior Member
Delbert said:
What if China maintained its J-6 and J-5 aircrafts, upgraded its engine to faster and more modern versions. To make the aircraft more flying speed.

What the purpose?

They can be used as front lines or sacrificial aircraft. While the modern and better aircrafts were behind. But those older aircraft versions must also be armed with air to air missiles, so that they can shoot down any aircraft if given the opportunity.

This will provide a good cover for the better aircrafts, since the enemy will be focusing more on shooting down the aircrafts which are in front and immediately approaching. Because they provide significant threat.

Those older aircraft can also be used as suicide planes while combating enemy surface destroyers and frigates. Same strategy, the new and modern planes will be trailing behind carrying anti-ship missiles. Which in case if the suicide planes failed to successfully crash on the enemy ships, the better planes behind will be firing their missile when they come to the range.

Take note, when launching a suicidal attack, the plane must be fully loaded with explosives and jet fuel. To trigger further explosions in case of a successful crash on the enemy ship.

What do you think about this strategy?

But of course, I had to admit a lot of pilots will be sacrificed.
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It's a good tactic I think, but you don't need a pilot for these kind of mission, just put in some kind of preconfigured AI system like those in Predator, in air combat with ROC(Taiwan) for example those could be like target drones to those BVR missiles that enemies fires, this way the auto AI system doesn't need to be too sofisticated, these would be much easier and cheaper to install than sofisticated ground/sea targeting AI system.
You would only need a AWACS or a couple advanced manned fighter to accompany and guide the fleet of older unmanned planes in first wave to waste enemy SAM or AA missiles, reveil and locate enemy defence target number and position etc. then you can follw this by a fleet of advanced manned fighter and bomber to take those ground and air targets that have already used thier long range missiles out.
 
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FriedRiceNSpice

FriedRiceNSpice

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The problem is more sophisticated radars can differentiate between J-5s/J-6s and more advanced fighters so they can simply hold their fire until the more advanced aircraft come within firing range. Enemy aircraft can either wait to engage these fighters in WVR or can simply turn and run after the more advanced fighters has been engaged. Ships can also make short work of such suicide drones with CIWS and short range SAMS such as the RAM, since in essence these drones will just be large, slow AShMs.
 
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yehe

Junior Member
FriedRiceNSpice said:
The problem is more sophisticated radars can differentiate between J-5s/J-6s and more advanced fighters so they can simply hold their fire until the more advanced aircraft come within firing range. Enemy aircraft can either wait to engage these fighters in WVR or can simply turn and run after the more advanced fighters has been engaged. Ships can also make short work of such suicide drones with CIWS and short range SAMS such as the RAM, since in essence these drones will just be large, slow AShMs.
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J5/J6s can still carry AAM, guided by onboard radar in short range and AWACS/Advanced Manned fighter radar in BVR range, as said those J6 should not be send in all by them self, but have AWACS and Manned fighter with better radar BVR capable accompaning them, ignoring those old fighter would be equally fatal.
VS. ships those fighters can't do much, but vs surface target they could reviel SAM sites and hidden radars for the following advanced striker and fighters to destroy or electronicly interfere.
 
FriedRiceNSpice

FriedRiceNSpice

Captain
J5/J6s can still carry AAM, guided by onboard radar in short range and AWACS/Advanced Manned fighter radar in BVR range, as said those J6 should not be send in all by them self, but have AWACS and Manned fighter with better radar BVR capable accompaning them, ignoring those old fighter would be equally fatal.
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The more advanced manned fighters (J-10/J-11/J-8) and enemy fighters will engage and then disengage at BVR ranges before the J-5/sJ-6s ever get into range.

but vs surface target they could reviel SAM sites and hidden radars for the following advanced striker and fighters to destroy or electronicly interfere.
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You know, that sounds like a great tactic. Air defense/radar suppression is one of the primary tasks for UAVs in the PLAAF. I wouldn't be surprised if they already have some type of strategy like that, either it be on J-5/J-6 drones or some type of other unmanned platform.
 
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evereachyu

Banned Idiot
Pilots are more important than J-5's & J-6's. You can build aircrafts with money. You cannot make men in days.
 
crobato

crobato

Colonel
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Delbert said:
What if China maintained its J-6 and J-5 aircrafts, upgraded its engine to faster and more modern versions. To make the aircraft more flying speed.

What the purpose?

They can be used as front lines or sacrificial aircraft. While the modern and better aircrafts were behind. But those older aircraft versions must also be armed with air to air missiles, so that they can shoot down any aircraft if given the opportunity.

This will provide a good cover for the better aircrafts, since the enemy will be focusing more on shooting down the aircrafts which are in front and immediately approaching. Because they provide significant threat.

Those older aircraft can also be used as suicide planes while combating enemy surface destroyers and frigates. Same strategy, the new and modern planes will be trailing behind carrying anti-ship missiles. Which in case if the suicide planes failed to successfully crash on the enemy ships, the better planes behind will be firing their missile when they come to the range.

Take note, when launching a suicidal attack, the plane must be fully loaded with explosives and jet fuel. To trigger further explosions in case of a successful crash on the enemy ship.

What do you think about this strategy?

But of course, I had to admit a lot of pilots will be sacrificed.
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Its a deplorable strategy to say the least.

But let's say if the J-5 and J-6s are unmanned robotic aircraft. Its a bad concept because both planes are incapable of holding significantly sized radar that can be used to detect enemy, launch and guide AAM. That's why the Soviet Union dumped the design for something that can hold bigger radars.

Its far more feasible to use purposely design and build UCAVs for this. You can also make the UCAVs stealthier while at it. The fact that China appears to be designing and displaying a lot of UCAVs recently tell us they have also reached the same conclusion.


I don't think there is a lot of J-6s still left. Many has been fed to China's burgeoning aluminum industry.

J-5s are worth some dough in the warbirds collectors market. You will get a better return of investment selling them to private collectors and museums.
 
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PrOeLiTeZ

PrOeLiTeZ

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J-5/6 also lack the range to be any sort of primary use to launch offensive operations. their are only so few J-5/6 that the muesum will absorb. Steel quality isn't that good either since they were built when China metal industry was in its humble beginings. Only useful solution that the J-5/6 is convert it to a remote operated fighter, and put it to use in simulation in dog fight against current PLAAF platforms for pilot training. Also live fire exercise for ground sam system, for testing, and also live air-to-air engagment. Of course the J-5/6 will not return fire of course, but it at least gives the manned PLAAF pilots to shoot and engage something.
 
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Pointblank

Senior Member
Target drones are perhaps the most useful use for the J-5's and J-6's. The US converts old fighters into target drones for weapons research and for training.
 
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