J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread

[Maikeru]

Next year!?? LMAO!!!

It's a joke since I am constantly being mocked by a certain Pakistani idiot who claimed, Pakistan can get anything from China also for free, it only has to ask, and China delivers ... including the Liaoning and J-15s!

Yes, I know! Nor am I really expecting PAF to get J-31 next year...

 

[Deino]

Yes, I know! Nor am I really expecting PAF to get J-31 next year...

It will us bring to far away in fantasy-land, but never ever the PAF will get J-31 next year!

 

[sunnymaxi]

That's why I stated they could easily get the J-11BG's AESA MLU to let's say J-15G standard?!

we cannot upgrade older J-15 ?? at least change Radar and electronics.

 

[siegecrossbow]

we cannot upgrade older J-15 ?? at least change Radar and electronics.

I read on Zhihu that the radar backend for J-15 is technically compatible with upgrade to air cooled AESA.

 

[Deino]

we cannot upgrade older J-15 ?? at least change Radar and electronics.

Why not? If this can be done from J-11B to J-11BG why should it be impossible for the J-15 which uses a similar radar?

 

[sunnymaxi]

Why not? If this can be done from J-11B to J-11BG why should it be impossible for the J-15 which uses a similar radar?

yeah that fine .. almost 100 J-15 currently flying. so its time to upgrade the whole package..

 

[Blitzo]

I wonder what PLAN will do with all the OG J-15s once J-15B (and J-25) take over on flight decks? The airframes aren't old and should have plenty of life left, unless they've been flogged hard.

Nothing … they can remain in service for several years on board the Liaoning & Shandong, maybe will get an MLU including the J-11BGs AESA, but otherwise I don‘t expect any major changes anytime soon.

If they cease production of STOBAR J-15s and only produce new J-15Bs (and eventual J-35s), IMO it makes a lot of sense for them to use progressively use each "backbenched" STOBAR for training/reserve purposes as newly produced J-15B (and J-35) airframe take up the regular frontline duties.

There are probably a decent fraction (20-30 airframes) of the original 100 odd J-15s which have had their airframes run hard which would be retired soon anyway, and of the rest, those can be progressively moved to less frontline roles with time.