J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII

[FriedRiceNSpice]

How many J-20s have been produced thus far? Wikipedia says only 250 but uses a source from July 2023

250 + (2 * x), where 90 <= x <= 120

 

[dingyibvs]

250 + (2 * x), where 90 >= x >= 120

Think you meant 90 <= x <= 120

 

[FriedRiceNSpice]

Think you meant 90 <= x <= 120

Thank you, I have corrected by post. Good catch.

 

[leibowitz]

250 + (2 * x), where 90 <= x <= 120

Is there a source for this?

 

[Nx4eu]

Is there a source for this?

What do you want the source to be? J-20 production rate is unknown, J-20 induction rate is unknown. If it was 250 two years ago. Even conservative estimates would place the current inventory to be around 400+. You can go back and scroll through Deino's twitter posts counting the tail numbers. But theres been massive opsec increases I believe. So even doing that is getting more difficult.

 

[leibowitz]

What do you want the source to be? J-20 production rate is unknown, J-20 induction rate is unknown. If it was 250 two years ago. Even conservative estimates would place the current inventory to be around 400+. You can go back and scroll through Deino's twitter posts counting the tail numbers. But theres been massive opsec increases I believe. So even doing that is getting more difficult.

Good point. I was hoping there had been more OSINT estimates to draw on than a 2-year old source