Oh I thought that was more of a figure of speech.
If it's literal, then fair enough, though that would also depend on us having a clear understanding of what the current engine noise is like (unless the VCEs are just *that* distinctive)
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Oh I thought that was more of a figure of speech.
If it's literal, then fair enough, though that would also depend on us having a clear understanding of what the current engine noise is like (unless the VCEs are just *that* distinctive)
At this rate the WS-15 will have the same as its American counterpart, the F119, only being used on a single platform and nowhere else.Take with a mountain of salt right now but I’ve read some reasonably reliable rumors that VCE progress is ahead of the schedule. Can’t wait till TWZ catches wind of this a couple of years down the road.
Specifically it boils down to whether J-36 will even use WS-15 as an interim when it LRIPs.
The WS-15 can certainly be used on future iterations/developments of the more advanced UADFs once the production of the J-20 family is terminated (which won't happen before the early-2030s).
In addition, should the PLAN holds reservations about the VCE/ACE's reliability for powering the carrier-based J-XDT in saltwater environments, then the WS-15 would still see new users in the manned aircraft domain, at least for a period of time (similar to as of current, how the J-35 uses WS-21 instead of WS-19 and how the J-15T/DT uses AL-31 instead of WS-10H).
On the second point.- Across the lake, recall that the USN did mention something similar regarding engine choices for their F/A-XX sometime ago. So there's that.
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