J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread

[Deino]

Officially unveil J15T without mentioning these are J15Ts. There will be another unveiling of J15T that annouces this is J15T, a new catapult capable variant of J15 fighter with upgraded radar and more.

When will this happen? At Zhuhai?

 

[9615]

When will this happen? At Zhuhai?

Idk. An educated guess would be duing Fleet Review or Parade, potentially next year.

Usually, the Chinese offically annouce their weapons in Parade events. Tanks, fighters, SRBM/ICBMs, you name it, despite that pictures of the thing might have long been posted on websites.

It is kinda ironic, but this is how they do it. They show the pictures of J15T, a dozen of these, but they don't tell you the name is "J15T" until they officially annouce it. Likewise, pictures of J35A (AF variant) are everywhere, but they don't tell you its name is "J35A".

 

[sheogorath]

TL; DR - Without some serious MLU onto them (of which the money and efforts associated may be better spent towards building more J-15Bs), the J-15/As just aren't gonna cut it anymore.

I was wondering about that, if it would be possible or worthwhile to convert J-15A into B variants.

 

[vincent]

I was wondering about that, if it would be possible or worthwhile to convert J-15A into B variants.

Highly unlikely. Too many structural differences.

 

[Alfa_Particle]

J-15A/Bs onboard the Liaoning.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

J-15A/Bs onboard the Liaoning.
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The full photo version, with at least 9x J-15Bs parked on the flight deck. Posted by @洋务先驱张之洞 on Weibo.

 

[by78]

Bigger versions.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Do we know for a fact that the type's designation is J-15B?

Huitong's entry has been updated with references to J-15B removed; he now just refers to it as J-15T.

The CATOBAR-capable J-15 with light-coloured radome has the official designation of J-15B.

Posted by @lyman2003 on Weibo.

 

[Blitzo]

The CATOBAR-capable J-15 with light-coloured radome has the official designation of J-15B.

Posted by @lyman2003 on Weibo.

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A few things..

First, I'm not sure I trust lyman's interpretation of things in general, his reputation isn't exactly Yankee, to put it gently.

Second, the part being quoted sounds like the J-15B designation is being stated here by the "expert" due to it being used in western media (which ironically may have been driven by our own use of the designation J-15B including in social media and in some publications including some of my diplomat articles before), but it doesn't seem like a fully official designation yet.

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Ideally, if Yankee or someone of his credibility uses the term J-15B then it would settle the matter, or alternatively if official PRC or PLA state media use it.

 

[SinoAmericanCW]

A few things..

First, I'm not sure I trust lyman's interpretation of things in general, his reputation isn't exactly Yankee, to put it gently.

Second, the part being quoted sounds like the J-15B designation is being stated here by the "expert" due to it being used in western media (which ironically may have been driven by our own use of the designation J-15B including in social media and in some publications including some of my diplomat articles before), but it doesn't seem like a fully official designation yet.

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Ideally, if Yankee or someone of his credibility uses the term J-15B then it would settle the matter, or alternatively if official PRC or PLA state media use it.

If this website makes the J-15B designation official, Inception-like, it will be a truly memorable achievement.

Note the designations used by the Chinese wiki, though: