J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII

siegecrossbow

siegecrossbow

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Alfa_Particle said:
An interesting post by @齐天孙猴:View attachment 131384

In which he correctes Orca by saying the the J-20 can carry a total of 18 AAMs instead of 16. I assume Orca here meant
4+2 internal and 5 x 2 external = 16


Now, he didn't specify it, but could 齐天孙猴 be hinting that the J-20 can now carry 6 AAMs (assuming he isn't talking about the PL-12) internally in the main bay? 6+2 internal and 5 x 2 external = 18

So is the fin-folding PL-15 finally in service?
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He might just be facetious.
 
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ChinaWatcher1

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Can somebody help me about the current yearly fighter/bomber production figures? Twitter account somePLAOSINT claimed 40 J-16 and 60 J-20 per year. But Rick Joe and some others claimed that yearly production figures for J-20 is around 100 mark. Which one of them is more true about J-20? Why? Also is J-16 accurate or is it also a lowball estimate by him? Second question is did the production of H-6 bomber variants stop? If not, what is the production rate? Asked this on a wrong thread before I guess since no one responded.
 
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ChinaWatcher1 said:
Can somebody help me about the current yearly fighter/bomber production figures? Twitter account somePLAOSINT claimed 40 J-16 and 60 J-20 per year. But Rick Joe and some others claimed that yearly production figures for J-20 is around 100 mark. Which one of them is more true about J-20? Why? Also is J-16 accurate or is it also a lowball estimate by him? Second question is did the production of H-6 bomber variants stop? If not, what is the production rate? Asked this on a wrong thread before I guess since no one responded.
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So it is between Rick Joe who wrote some of the definitive pieces on PLA systems in The Diplomat versus some PLA OSINT twitter handle with far more info on Indian stuff than any serious PLA watcher should have :)
 
vincent

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ChinaWatcher1 said:
Can somebody help me about the current yearly fighter/bomber production figures? Twitter account somePLAOSINT claimed 40 J-16 and 60 J-20 per year. But Rick Joe and some others claimed that yearly production figures for J-20 is around 100 mark. Which one of them is more true about J-20? Why? Also is J-16 accurate or is it also a lowball estimate by him? Second question is did the production of H-6 bomber variants stop? If not, what is the production rate? Asked this on a wrong thread before I guess since no one responded.
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Blitzo on this forum is “Rick Joe”, a pseudonym
 
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