plawolf
Lieutenant General
Re: JH-7/JH-7A Thread
How much of a test did the Libyans truly offer the likes of the Rafale or Typhoon?
Unless you fought a worthy adversary, 'combat proven' is just another marketing gimmick and is way over-rated. Does anyone seriously think the likes of the F15 or F16 would enjoy anywhere close to their 'combat proven' kill ratios if they went up against Soviet/Russian Mig29s and Su27s?
So what did the wars these western planes have flown in tell us about their true capabilities?
Besides, the JH7s have taken part in joint Chinese-Russian anti-terror exercises. But I do not see how that makes it a more or less valid exercise than what the JH7 crews practice by themselves.
Hell, international events like Red Flag is probably less intensive in terms of training difficulty than what the participants do by themselves at home because of the strict RoEs imposed at such events by both the organisers and participants themselves, as no-one wants to risk an incident at such events, and everyone hold back a little as they do not want others to get a true gauge of how good their men and machines are or learn too much about their tactics.
How much of a test did the Libyans truly offer the likes of the Rafale or Typhoon?
Unless you fought a worthy adversary, 'combat proven' is just another marketing gimmick and is way over-rated. Does anyone seriously think the likes of the F15 or F16 would enjoy anywhere close to their 'combat proven' kill ratios if they went up against Soviet/Russian Mig29s and Su27s?
So what did the wars these western planes have flown in tell us about their true capabilities?
Besides, the JH7s have taken part in joint Chinese-Russian anti-terror exercises. But I do not see how that makes it a more or less valid exercise than what the JH7 crews practice by themselves.
Hell, international events like Red Flag is probably less intensive in terms of training difficulty than what the participants do by themselves at home because of the strict RoEs imposed at such events by both the organisers and participants themselves, as no-one wants to risk an incident at such events, and everyone hold back a little as they do not want others to get a true gauge of how good their men and machines are or learn too much about their tactics.
