Shenyang next gen combat aircraft thread

[NatoBean]

Personally I think the "teapot" could be referring to a stealthy tanker, this assumption is only because the NGAD program has one and I know the J-36 got a huge tank so might not need one. But I think it's safe to say a stealthy tanker is a most possible educated guess.

What if we take teapot literally as in it’s pouring out the tea (fuel)?

 

[sutton999]

Could that be GJ-11?

No

What if we take teapot literally as in it’s pouring out the tea (fuel)?

I lean towards yes, looks like an unmanned tanker. If the picture is legit.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

No

I lean towards yes, looks like an unmanned tanker. If the picture is legit.

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The wings look quite longer than the GJ-11. Though, I don't quite see how that means an unmanned tanker aircraft?

I'm leaning towards China's counterpart to the RQ-180:

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Roughly translated:

Key points:
- 3 years from public disclosure (although many don't seem to mind if not outright missed it) to actual thing/platform completion/roll-out
- The US have similar thing/platform in use for 10+ years
- Chinese counterpart is better/more complete and can be available in larger numbers

So what is exactly that thing/platform?

RQ-180-counterpart?
V-280-conterpart?
Some kind of sub-orbital/orbital craft?

It might be referring to stealthy flying wing UCAVs -- i.e.: that the US has had a stealthy flying wing UCAV in very limited use (perhaps the RQ-180 has a payload bay), but we all know GJ-11 exists and is being pursued for proper development and probably implementation on a larger scale.

Or perhaps even UCAV that are essentially mini-H-20s that can be loyal wingmen for the J-XDs for anti-ship/land-attack missions.

Interesting to see, nonetheless.

 

[Ringsword]

What if we take teapot literally as in it’s pouring out the tea (fuel)?

And here I thought the tea set was a not-so-subtle warning about "having tea" with PLAAF security and MSS!!!

 

[polati]

GJ-11's rear only has 1 protrusion compared to that of the new flying wing

 

[feihong]

Snip shot from Weibo。


The big one is yet to be seen.

 

[Robin161518]

No

I lean towards yes, looks like an unmanned tanker. If the picture is legit.

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Looks like h20

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

草根说这个是无人机，过几天沈飞会首飞有人机，比这个大。
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Wait, so if the claim is true - That's gotta be one massive-sized (loyal wingman) UCAV!

Given the size of that UCAV, the capability of operating and fighting autonomously in the future after having all the necessary upgrades wouldn't only be possible, but also feasible.

Truly wondering how far China's development in aerial combat operations AI has really gone...

 

[Biscuits]

草根说这个是无人机，过几天沈飞会首飞有人机，比这个大。

Really hoping this will come to pass.

Imagine quad WS-15 stealthy smaller Tu-160. Hit mach 2.5+ with afterburners and can be in range of the Baltics from Xinjiang in a few hours. Enough EW to knock out a whole small country's air force. Vast ISR capabilities. 150-200 ton take off weight.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Really hoping this will come to pass.

Imagine quad WS-15 stealthy smaller Tu-160. Hit mach 2.5+ with afterburners and can be in range of the Baltics from Xinjiang in a few hours. Enough EW to knock out a whole small country's air force. Vast ISR capabilities. 150-200 ton take off weight.

Wouldn't that be better left for Xi'an AC?

There's also the requirement for carrier-based operations, hence whatever that's coming out of Shenyang AC can't be too large.