J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII

[Ironhide]

There is no info about her stealth coating,do j20 uses membrane like RAM or a baked in RAM like jf35?

 

[taxiya]

我不认为央视军事视和央视网有必要在这件事上撒谎，没有任何意义且新闻联播很少播报这种飞行任务，除非是像‘联合利剑’性质的军演

Firstly, this is an English forum, please stay on English.

Secondly, nobody is saying CCTV's social account is lying. Making false statement due to misunderstanding or misinterpretation is innocent mistake, not necessarily lying which is delibrate act.

 

[Proteus]

i think the j-20’s flights through the tsushima strait in peacetime serve two main purposes: strategic signaling and technical validation. if japan, south korea, or u.s. forces failed to detect the aircraft in time, that would suggest the j-20’s stealth is working as intended—not that china is “giving away free intel.” if they did detect it yet took no action, that would be highly unusual. a more realistic response would be to scramble fighters, close in, and use onboard radars to test how far away they could spot and lock onto the j-20. that kind of real-world engagement is more valuable to them than simply announcing “we saw it.” as for radar reflectors, that is a deliberate, controlled choice. when the mission calls for demonstrating actual stealth performance, like flying through the tsushima strait, i think it’s entirely plausible the plaaf could remove the lenses and let the j-20 operate at full low-observable capability.

No one stupid enough to give aircraft electromagnetic sign to potential enemy for validation purpose. It must turn on the reflector on the aircrafts.

 

[by78]

Just a nice image, nothing more.

 

[Expert1324]

is it true that AL 51 is better than WS15 and on par with F135?
i find that hard to believe, not to mention a su plane would have 2 of those fitted.

 

[Nx4eu]

is it true that AL 51 is better than WS15 and on par with F135?
i find that hard to believe, not to mention a su plane would have 2 of those fitted.

Please use your brain. Who in the world would know the specs of both the AL-51 and the WS-15 to confidently state this as fact?

Here’s the truth, anyone who knows the specs of the AL-51 would not know that of the WS-15 and vice versa. And even more so would not publicly reveal such state secrets. Anyone who would confidently claim the AL-51‘s technological superiority would obviously have an agenda to push for and vice versa.

 

[siegecrossbow]

is it true that AL 51 is better than WS15 and on par with F135?
i find that hard to believe, not to mention a su plane would have 2 of those fitted.

Comparing WS-15 with F-135 is comparing apples and oranges since they are optimized for different speeds.

 

[pipaster]

is it true that AL 51 is better than WS15 and on par with F135?
i find that hard to believe, not to mention a su plane would have 2 of those fitted.

The only thing we can say with good confidence is that the Chinese will view the WS-15 as superior and the Russians the AL 51 will be better. National logistics, design and working knowledge of the system are some obvious reasons for this confidence.