J-20... The New Generation Fighter III

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delft said:
Adapting land based aircraft for use on aircraft carriers is seldom successful. The Flanker adaptations look competent but would probably not have happened if Russia and China had experience in building carrier aircraft. The reverse, adapting a naval aircraft to land based service, is also rarely done. A notable exception is the F-4 Phantom II.
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The Soviet had prior experience with Yak-38, though it's not comparable to the Su-33. Had the Soviet Union not fallen, the Soviet Navy would've operated 4 x Kiev class, 2 x Admiral Kuznetsov class, and 1 x Ulyanovsk class carrier. The fixed wing aircraft would've included the Su-33, MiG-29K, SU-25UTG, Yak-44, and Yak-41M as replacement for the Yak-38.

At present, the Russian Navy's carrier aviation wing is not big enough to justify the cost of developing its own new aircraft, but joint ventures with India is definitely possible.
 
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Okay, going to need your help on this one. I found this online, not exactly sure what it is, but it looks interesting. I can tell its talking about the J-20 and mentions its first flight, but does it say it is using a WS-10B engine or is it referencing the J-10B?

Doesn't look like it mentions the J-10B to me, i think it mentions the engine type. :)
 
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I think it's saying WS-10B... Wo Shan 10B?

I'd like to know the context of this picture as well.
 
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Bltizo said:
I think it's saying WS-10B... Wo Shan 10B?

I'd like to know the context of this picture as well.
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There's nothing you don't know. It was talking about the 4/17 (second) test flight of J-20, and noted it was powered by two indigenous WS-10B, with all-movable tailplane and canard layout...
 
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danielchin said:
There's nothing you don't know. It was talking about the 4/17 (second) test flight of J-20, and noted it was powered by two indigenous WS-10B, with all-movable tailplane and canard layout...
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Yes, but that is the first time we have seen anything authoritative mentioning WS-10B.

I mean, this looks like a cell phone photo of a plaque or sign......
 
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Yes, but that is the first time we have seen anything authoritative mentioning WS-10B.

I mean, this looks like a cell phone photo of a plaque or sign......
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authoritative or not still a question mark.
At the beginning it read :"Subway 8 am news", who knows, maybe official may be just a clip from a local media...
 
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danielchin said:
authoritative or not still a question mark.
At the beginning it read :"Subway 8 am news", who knows, maybe official may be just a clip from a local media...
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Hmm. Why does it look like a sign outside? What reason could they have for this? its so strange.

Then again, we did see a mockup of the J-20s engines on a flatbed truck with someones girlfriend.....i guess stranger things have happened. Cant help but wonder if somehow that is related. Press conference?
 
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Newspapers or other media sources in China tend to copy from internet speculations. Peishens, who works for the Global Times paper, was very active on CJDBY.
 
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Huitong has updated his site. The alleged Shenyang stealth multirole fighter may not be called the J-19, but rather the J-21
 
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