Aside from being CATOBAR, there's also a new radar (slanted radome), updated avionics, new engines (although I'm not sure if they'll be on the early production batches), etc.What is the J-15B and how is it different from the A?
It's a CATOBAR variant. I had to dig through this thread.
Arguably the most interesting thing for me today, here's a J-15D everyone.
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Basic observations:
No pitot tube
AL-31F
Wingtips and pylon EW pods
Courtesy of:
After like what, years of nothing (except for mockups I believe?), it's nice to see an actual flying aircraft.
After like what, years of nothing (except for mockups I believe?), it's nice to see an actual flying aircraft.
Do we expect GaN radars on this?
By itself, not much.I always wondered how much the canted radome aperture could improve the RCS and as a side effect the BVR performance of a Flanker on a 1v1 basis. Like essentially, aside from the Mig-31, these things have the biggest RCS of an active, high end fighter although we don't know the details.