PLAN Carrier Strike Group and Airwing

Jovian

Junior Member
Re: PLAN's first Carrier Strike Fighter the J-15 Flying shark

From the new photo of the J-15, can clearly see the present of the retractable refuelling rod :)
 

Martian

Senior Member
Re: J-15 Flying Shark equipped with domestic WS-10 engines

We got photos of the engines months ago, that is not news. But the new photo is great :)

Good point. I made the following post on May 18, 2011.

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China's J-15 Flying Shark and J-11BS powered by domestic WS-10A engines

China's J-15 Flying Shark powered by WS-10A engines (or a variant):

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China's J-11BS powered by WS-10A engines (or a variant):

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[Note: Thank you to Marchpole for the J-15 Flying Shark and J-11BS pictures.]

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Close-up view of J-15 Flying Shark WS-10A engines (or a variant):

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Nice comparison made by "QuantumFX" (Key-Forum)

Shorter engine nozzle and silver petals mean WS-10.

[Note: Thank you to Deino for the J-15 WS-10A engine pictures. Thank you to Lion for the analysis.]
 

Red___Sword

Junior Member
Re: PLAN's first Carrier Strike Fighter the J-15 Flying shark

A rather OT:

Too bad our most reputable pics posters (namely Deino, Martian...) do not read Chinese. When you trying to "Thank you &&& for the pic", you should really thanks the guy named 傻人放火 who put that nasty watermark everywhere. (loose translation: "dumb out for arson" - not "dumb arsonist", it's an verb, not a noun...)

He is the rumoured guy who being invited for tea, too many times. (semi-official leaker?)

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The guy gives almost "real time" presentation of China's carrier, who also put nasty watermarks everywhere, named 上山下乡. (Loose translation: "to the mountains and rurals!", don't bother the translation if you are not familiar with culture revolution era.)

Judging by the size of the carrier, I guess the PSB don't bother to invite "witness" for tea.
 

Lion

Senior Member
Re: J-15, China's Fighter for Its Carriers

No something new.. But we just need this baby to take off from ex varyag. :D
 

Air Force Brat

Brigadier
Super Moderator
Re: PLAN's first Carrier Strike Fighter the J-15 Flying shark

Great pictures guys, they really add a new dimension to lots of other discussions on the plans future carriers, as the Headmaster observed a quick topoff after launch is a very practical means of increasing combat loadout and range. I observe that there hasn't been much activity on this thread, now that the Variag has returned to port from her second cruise. The discussion of the "witness" is somewhat humourous as I noted on another thread of fifth gen aircraft, this is how you project strategic capabilities as well as a fabulous marketing tool. As much as we all love flying and boats, (complicated combination that) there has to be a money stream. Its often difficult to sell defensive/offensive military equipment to the folks. I would say that designing and bringing an aircraft carrier to production and then loading it out to be combat ready is a monumental task, not for the faint of heart or the light of wallet.
 

plawolf

Lieutenant General
Re: PLAN's first Carrier Strike Fighter the J-15 Flying shark

That is clear a CGI plane. A rather dated one tbh, since the CGIs made using the latest software by someone who knows what they are doing can be really hard to distinguishing from the real thing.
 
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