If you actually check the photo I included you would have seen 4 of them carried internally in the weapon bay. Come on man
J-35 carrier fighter (PLAN) thread
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I meant the short-range missiles. Those have to be carried on pylons. There is no side bay.
We were discussing whether it's possible to carry 1000-lb class munitions internally, forgive me but I don't see where the short-range missiles come up in this discussion.
Nowhere in that post did I criticize the F-35 for that, in fact given the role of the F-35, I think it is a perfectly reasonable design choice and solution for what they wanted -- seeking to use F-35s to be capable of launching large diameter unpowered strike weapons.
However, for the PLA, launching unpowered large diameter strike weapons from the internal weapons bay of a stealth fighter is probably quite a bit lower on their list of priorities.
If the part "somewhat more sensible" is the triggering part, if it makes one feel better, i meant it of course in the context of PLA priorities and requirements.
They have to do the front opening since they had to raise the hump to reduce drag at transsonic speeds + increase fuel capacity.
Takes only a single weapon station(instead of 2 - and F-35 can only carry 2 "big" weapons internally either way), has much more penetrative power, more payload(explosives to hull ratio), glides further.
