With 2015 coming to a close, I think it would be fun for us to share our personal hopes and wishes for Chinese Military developments in 2016 as it'll be interesting to see what other members are looking out for in 2016.
My own personal Wishlist (1-being the most wanted, 10-the least wanted):
10. FC-31- while I am interested to see where this aircraft ends up, I doubt it'll be picked up by the PLAAF so my interest in the aircraft is average.
9. Y-20- this is definitely a very important aircraft for the future of China's military, but with its development pretty much finished, there isn't much surprises left, but we're all hoping production will start in 2016.
8. Type 057 - with the long production run of the Type 054A, it'll be interesting to see when this new frigate will come and when 054A's production run will end.
7. Type 052D- It can be expected that at least 2 or 3 of these ships will be commissioned in 2016 and I definitely look forward to them which will bring the total number of 052D's in service to 5 or 6
6. J-11D- The J-11D will probably get more prototypes in 2016 and it'll be interesting to see ho many will eventually be built in the coming years.
5. J-10C- The newest J-10 variant seems to be making good progress and I hope it'll be produced on masse with WS-10s soon.
4. Divine Eagle- this interesting UAV is pretty unique and its been odd of no first flight yet but hopefully that will change soon in 2016.
3. Sharp Sword-we haven't gotten many pictures or information of this craft, but if rumors are true, an improved prototype is suppose to fly in 2016.
2. J-20-with LRIP rumored to start in 2016, it'll be nice to see J-20s coming out in batches and hopefully they will be delivered to the PLAAF for training in 2016.
1. H-X-finally, my personal number 1, the H-X bomber, this project was probably the reason I got into PLA watching and I hope we at least get some new info if not pictures of models of the plane but I have a feeling it'll be a few more years before the actual plane will fly.
These are my wishlist items for 2016, what are yours?
My own personal Wishlist (1-being the most wanted, 10-the least wanted):
10. FC-31- while I am interested to see where this aircraft ends up, I doubt it'll be picked up by the PLAAF so my interest in the aircraft is average.
9. Y-20- this is definitely a very important aircraft for the future of China's military, but with its development pretty much finished, there isn't much surprises left, but we're all hoping production will start in 2016.
8. Type 057 - with the long production run of the Type 054A, it'll be interesting to see when this new frigate will come and when 054A's production run will end.
7. Type 052D- It can be expected that at least 2 or 3 of these ships will be commissioned in 2016 and I definitely look forward to them which will bring the total number of 052D's in service to 5 or 6
6. J-11D- The J-11D will probably get more prototypes in 2016 and it'll be interesting to see ho many will eventually be built in the coming years.
5. J-10C- The newest J-10 variant seems to be making good progress and I hope it'll be produced on masse with WS-10s soon.
4. Divine Eagle- this interesting UAV is pretty unique and its been odd of no first flight yet but hopefully that will change soon in 2016.
3. Sharp Sword-we haven't gotten many pictures or information of this craft, but if rumors are true, an improved prototype is suppose to fly in 2016.
2. J-20-with LRIP rumored to start in 2016, it'll be nice to see J-20s coming out in batches and hopefully they will be delivered to the PLAAF for training in 2016.
1. H-X-finally, my personal number 1, the H-X bomber, this project was probably the reason I got into PLA watching and I hope we at least get some new info if not pictures of models of the plane but I have a feeling it'll be a few more years before the actual plane will fly.
These are my wishlist items for 2016, what are yours?
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