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Brigadier
Local media reporting the participation of J16s too but no images yet....
It will be interesting scenario, if J16s are participating on base where F16 BLK 52s are based .....
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Local media reporting the participation of J16s too but no images yet....
It will be interesting scenario, if J16s are participating on base where F16 BLK 52s are based .....
I hope that and even more for more & clearer images. I also expect the KJ-500 and another EW type to participate given the exercise's patch
I don’t expect the J-20 to show up at Shaheen until India acquires the F-35 or Su-57. That said, PAF already has experience against the F-22 since F-7s were spotted along with a Raptor back in the late 2000s.
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November, 2020 (!)
It is very interesting, but a bit disconcerting this vision through the rear view mirror:
December 2016 (!):
"Newly released pic shows J-11B carried the unnamed long range AAM in last year's Red Sword exercise"
PL-21 is one thing
"New extremely long-range missile" is another thing
and IMHO the two things work together:
PL-XX (PL-21 is only the speculated designation, it hasn't been confirmed) is still in the development stage and has yet to be fielded by the PLA. If reports are to believed, the PL-XX would have triple the range (over 300km) of the PL-15 (150-200km) or other Chinese BVRAAM.