J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII
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by78
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I did some digging around, and the March 9, 2017 date seems to stem from from the . However, the press release itself refers to a CCTV broadcast aired on March 9, 2017, which revealed for the first time that J-20s were in active service. In other words, March 9 was the broadcast date, not the official service start date.
I would like to retract and edit the original post, but the edit window has expired. Could you maybe edit it for me or add a disclaimer so others don't carry away the wrong information? Thanks.
Deino did that joke but I can't help myself from posting thisHigh-resolution versions of the images in the post above.
I think it is a new primer. It conforms too well with the radome shape. And if radome maintenance was that significant of an issue we would likely see operational units using such a cover too.
And it just so happens J-35 uses ~this color of primer.
Now we know!
Conspiracy of the century.
( not a J-20 topic - but - )
Why doesn't PLAAF sell the Su-35 to Iran? Offload them as Iran is now starting to build up a Su-35 fleet and would welcome them at the correct price. Russia wont stop it as Russia is dependent on Iran alot at the moment, and China has learnt everything it wanted/needed to learn from the Su-35 ..
plawolf
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Not worth the political headache.
Besides, while the Su35s are as much a liability as they are an asset operationally speaking, they are still the most manoeuvrable fighters in the PLAAF, so the training value from using them as aggressions alone is probably worth the PLAAF keeping them.
And if the PLAAF are using them as aggressors, they might use up all their airframe hours a lot faster than normal and might be retired sooner than one light otherwise expect.
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