The AIR-2 Genie was a nuclear tipped air to air rocket, for targetting Soviet strategic bombers. Not the most practical solution but it existed nonetheless.
JF-17/FC-1 Fighter Aircraft thread
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The AIR-2 Genie was a nuclear tipped air to air rocket, for targetting Soviet strategic bombers. Not the most practical solution but it existed nonetheless.
The only nuclear capable American AA missile(rocket).
SU had actual missiles.
Any guesses what that plate on top of the nose is, its a new addition. Could it be a cooling plate for the AESA, J-10 has cooling plates on the sides. F-16 has IFF antennas on same same locations but that's because they are a bolt on upgrade. too small for a IRST mount but still a possibility.
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Cooling plates?
That's likely a pitot tube poking out from the other side of the nose on the JF-17.
As for the J-10, those are called low intensity formation lights. They serve no cooling purpose whatsoever.
Almost 99% of so-called news articles denigrating or bashing the JF-17 come from Indian sources. Western and even Russian sources have a pretty balanced view of the plane. They are just butthurt that JF-17 has been in service for a decade, participated in real combat, and secured several export deals while their Tejas languished in aircraft hangers.
Indeed. Its more like languishing on the drawing board or the testing ground. The Tejas spent decades too long in development. Tejas was first introduced in 2015. So that includes 8 years of JF-17 service since 2007.
In early 2021, about 13 years, and 150 planes of JF-17s later. We are only now hearing of Tejas entering proper mass production. That's a lot of reason to be butthurt.