if i m correct, all these J-15Ts have AESA Radar and fully upgraded variants ?? rightA great image showing the PLANS-16 „Liaoning“ with her deck full of J-15T fighters.
However I‘m a bit surprised we still have seen a J-15T with PL-15 AAM; these are all still PL-12.
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(Image via @萌虎鲸 from Weibo)
Liaoning has full J-15T complement from the looks of itif i m correct, all J-15s have AESA Radar and fully upgraded variants ?? right
Yeah, genuinely puzzled as to why we haven't seen PL-15s. Even the Zhuhai birds only had PL-12s. It's not like the FCS of the J-15T can't support them....A great image showing the PLANS-16 „Liaoning“ with her deck full of J-15T fighters.
However I‘m a bit surprised we still have seen a J-15T with PL-15 AAM; these are all still PL-12.
Unfortunately the image is too large to be uploaded!
(Image via @萌虎鲸 from Weibo)
The old J-15s use a radar that's kinda a hybrid between the Type 1493 and JL-10AG's radar. Not AESA.if i m correct, all J-15s have AESA Radar and fully upgraded variants ?? right
… Has the PL-15 ever been seen on a J-15?
Yeah, genuinely puzzled as to why we haven't seen PL-15s. Even the Zhuhai birds only had PL-12s. It's not like the FCS of the J-15T can't support them....
(would love to see PL-17s on them too but we're not even seeing PL-15s on them lol so fat chance)
The old J-15s use a radar that's kinda a hybrid between the Type 1493 and JL-10AG's radar. Not AESA.
Interestingly, I've heard that the J-15s manufactured 2020-ish have a PESA that's described as the "peak of Chinese PESA" and is on par (if not better, which is likely) with the IRBIS-E.
The J-15Ts use (probably GaN) AESAs.
Maybe the PL-15s are carried between the engines, hence not seen in the pictures. Another aspect is that for peacetime maybe they're using the older stock of PL-12s for training and firing drills. Has the PL-15 ever been seen on a J-15?