J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII
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Shijiazhuang has that covered. Pilots ready in as little as two to three years.
It took 5 to 10 years for WS-10 production, post WS-10A, to scale up to this "mass production" rate. WS-15 would only be in initial serial production in coming years. Would take at least 5 or so to reach mass production rates similar to current WS-10B/C.
You don’t think the experience gained with WS-10C mass production will help them in scaling WS-15 mass production?, or that WS-10C lines could be upgraded to WS-15?
Either of those can shave years of your estimate.
Almost certainly would help WS-15 production set up. Which is why I said 5 years instead of the 10 years it took to take the industry go from WS-10A serial production in very limited numbers to current WS-10B and WS-10C batch production in current impressive numbers (relative to past but not impressive by US production rate for F110 in the past and F135 now).
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