J-15 carrier fighter thread

[Deino]

Wow, they have also upgraded the Radar.

and you see this on what?

 

[halflife3]

Three magazine scans of J-15s operating on carrier Shandong.

I have never seen so much ordnance mounted on J-15 before.

 

[Kich]

Based on that missing grey panel we've seen on the J-15D on both sides of the cockpit I would say it is more likely a J-15S,

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What's the difference between the S and D?

 

[ougoah]

What's the difference between the S and D?

Whenever you see S designation, it refers to the aircraft being a two seater.

D designation is in this case for electronic. J-15D and J-16D are both electronic attack/warfare variants of that platform.

 

[crash8pilot]

What's the difference between the S and D?

S and D nomenclature is based on Chinese pinyin. S stands for 双 (pronounced “Shuang”), which means “dual/twin”. D stands for 电 (pronounced “Dian”), which means electronic.

Simply put the J-15S is a tandem-seat trainer, or the back-seater can be strategically used as a WSO for strike interdiction or forward air control.

J-15D on the other hand is designed for electronic warfare, much like how the EA-18G Growler was developed based on the original F/A-18F Super Hornet design. The J-15D has jamming pods as well as an enhanced EW suite. It will also most likely be tasked with firing anti-radiation missiles to suppress enemy air defenses.

 

[Tam]

I have never seen so much ordnance mounted on J-15 before.

Seen on previous exercises on the Liaoning, yes. They should reflect the standard combat loadout of the planes.

 

[Deino]

Seen on previous exercises on the Liaoning, yes. They should reflect the standard combat loadout of the planes.

Actually I'm not that sure since we have seen this load-out only during this presentation and never on an actual operational J-15 taking off from a carrier. IMO it is more a loadout for static display.

 

[11226p]

I just did a stroll on Huitongs blog and from what I could tell of all the confirmed airframe serials in service all of them are the vanilla so I wonder are J-15S and J-15D just demonstrator aircraft?

 

[Deino]

I just did a stroll on Huitongs blog and from what I could tell of all the confirmed airframe serials in service all of them are the vanilla so I wonder are J-15S and J-15D just demonstrator aircraft?

Indeed, but that as never in question that all so far operational J-15s are of the "vanilla" version. For the J-15S and D I think we need to wait.

 

[by78]

FWIW, a poster from Shenyang. I wonder if the artist simply took J-10B/C's canted nose and stuck it on there for cool effect, or if there is something to it. Take it with a very generous serving of salt.