Post mentions J-16s too.... everyone remember this from not so long ago?
Total speculation based on nothing but my imagination, but maybe two J-16s each controlling a pair of J-7s?
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Total speculation based on nothing but my imagination, but maybe two J-16s each controlling a pair of J-7s?
I’ll do you one better: those J7’s have computers that are installed with the loyal wingmen program. I’ll check with my “internal sources”Post mentions J-16s too.... everyone remember this from not so long ago?
Total speculation based on nothing but my imagination, but maybe two J-16s each controlling a pair of J-7s?
Give me a shout if you hear from our good friends Minnie Chan and PinkovI’ll do you one better: those J7’s have computers that are installed with the loyal wingmen program. I’ll check with my “internal sources”
PLA warplanes enter Taiwan air defence zone 2 days after record sortie
- Jets were scrambled, radio warnings issued and air defence missile systems deployed on the island in response
- Latest fly-by includes four old model J-7 fighters along with modern jets, suggesting an interoperability test, observers say
China’s older model J-7 fighters were among the seven warplanes in the PLA’s latest sortie into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone. Photo: Handout
Seven Chinese air force warplanes flew into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Thursday – just two days after the PLA sent a record 28 planes to the island’s ADIZ.
Observers said the latest fly-by – which involved two newer-model J-16 fighter jets, four old model J-7 fighters and one Y-8 electric warfare aircraft – was aimed at testing interoperability of its two generations of planes. It was also intended to test their ability to counter electronic interference, they said.
In a statement, Taiwan’s defence ministry said the planes had prompted the island’s air force “to scramble jets, issue radio warnings and deploy air defence missile systems to monitor the activities of the planes”.
It was the sixth time PLA planes had entered Taiwan’s ADIZ this month, according to the ministry.
While most of the activity by PLA planes were intended to warn Taiwan against pushing for formal independence, observers said they also had specific missions, including the flexing of the PLA’s military might, as well as training and reconnaissance.
Tuesday’s sortie was widely seen as a show of force after the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier group conducted drills in the disputed South China Sea, and Nato leaders warned that China’s military threat presented “systemic challenges”.
According to former Taiwanese air force vice-commander Chang Yen-ting, Thursday’s fly-by was an interoperability test for the different generations of warplanes.
“The J-7 is an older model plane, while the J-16 is much newer. By flying these planes, the PLAAF was testing the operability of these two types of planes at lower and higher altitudes while exerting its intimidation purpose against Taiwan,” he said.
The J-7, first commissioned in 1967, is being retired gradually due to its age, while the J-16 entered service in 2015.
Su Tzu-yun, a senior analyst at the Institute for National Defence and Security Research, a government think tank in Taipei, said the J-7 was no longer a frontline warplane. “Another purpose of the PLAAF was likely to test the capability of the warplanes against electronic interference,” he said.
The deployment also followed Taiwan’s signing of two arms procurement contracts with the United States for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and Harpoon Coastal Defence Systems, which could significantly boost the island’s asymmetrical warfare capability, according to a document released to the legislature by the defence ministry.
Both deals, estimated at a cost of US$1.8 billion, were announced by US President Joe Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump in October.
Lu Shaye, Chinese ambassador to France, accused the US of backing the pro-independence agenda of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party, but said Beijing would not give up the use of force against Taiwan.
“You can imagine, if today the mainland promised to give up using force, then the independence forces in Taiwan would declare independence tomorrow,” he said in an interview with the French newspaper L’Opinion.
“We certainly hope to achieve reunification through peaceful means. But if someone adds fuel to the fire, it will lead to war.”
The PLAAF really trying to milk every last ounce out of those J-7s, huh.
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Some CCP related news out of Chengdu hint at some ongoing projects.
First up, a CCP vanguard group (task force) has been formed to tackle the maiden flight of a certain aircraft. I wonder what this aircraft might be. A new J-10 variant? J-20 Twin Seater? We'll have to wait and see.
Another verbose pronouncement about 611's CCP branch tackling the R&D of a certain aircraft. It seems this project is in the early stages, as the meeting of the party members discussed three areas of development: design development, software development, and finished product development. Again, I have no idea what this project might be.
First up, a CCP vanguard group (task force) has been formed to tackle the maiden flight of a certain aircraft. I wonder what this aircraft might be. A new J-10 variant? J-20 Twin Seater? We'll have to wait and see.
Another verbose pronouncement about 611's CCP branch tackling the R&D of a certain aircraft. It seems this project is in the early stages, as the meeting of the party members discussed three areas of development: design development, software development, and finished product development. Again, I have no idea what this project might be.
Some CCP related news out of Chengdu hint at some ongoing projects.
First up, a CCP vanguard group (task force) has been formed to tackle the maiden flight of a certain aircraft. I wonder what this aircraft might be. A new J-10 variant? J-20 Twin Seater? We'll have to wait and see.
Another verbose pronouncement about 611's CCP branch tackling the R&D of a certain aircraft. It seems this project is in the early stages, as the meeting of the party members discussed three areas of development: design development, software development, and finished product development. Again, I have no idea what this project might be.
Again most interesting and with similar reports from SAC concerning similar task forces, groups preparing structural tests and/or flight testing, what do you think what are the chances that we will see the unveiling, maybe even maiden flight of such a project (new J-10, J-20 twin seater, a new UAV, J-15T, J-35, ...) at or around 1st July?
by78
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There is a chance, or we can only hope based on the very limited information.