The Q-5, J-7, J-8 and older PLAAF aircraft

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Equation

Lieutenant General
Miragedriver said:
Have you seen, or read anything about the FTC-2000G with LEX and 9 hard points?
The aircraft has been stretched a couple of meters. But the fight time has been reduce from 3 hours to 2 hours. I still think it make a decent point defense fighter, or as an aggressor aircraft.

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At least it's better than old Mirage IIIs or Kfir's
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Yes I read it and it has a lot of potential. It's more a light combat reconnaissance fighter and trainer to me.
 
Miragedriver

Miragedriver

Brigadier
The Brazilian Air Force in the Cruzex IV exercises had a simulated shoot down of two Mirage 2000 aircraft utilizing the erieye AWAC and derby missile systems.

Granted older upgraded aircraft cannot be the backbone of the air force but they can still make up a portion of it and still serve a useful purpose: point defense, Cap etc.
 
kwaigonegin

kwaigonegin

Colonel
Miragedriver said:
The Brazilian Air Force in the Cruzex IV exercises had a simulated shoot down of two Mirage 2000 aircraft utilizing the erieye AWAC and derby missile systems.

Granted older upgraded aircraft cannot be the backbone of the air force but they can still make up a portion of it and still serve a useful purpose: point defense, Cap etc.
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what you say is true HOWEVER the original argument was poor 3rd world nations buying these planes. I seriously doubt places like Burma, Angola, Ethiopia, Chad etc .... while might be able to afford larger numbers of old planes or very small numbers of newer planes can afford to augment or 'force multiply' the capabilities of these fighters with Erieyes, KJ-2000, Hawkeyes or other Airborne Early warning vehicles. I'm also quite sure these countries do not have nor are they able to maintain and update a sophisticated missile defense network like the derby/phyton system or other advanced integrated air defense network.
 
Miragedriver

Miragedriver

Brigadier
kwaigonegin said:
what you say is true HOWEVER the original argument was poor 3rd world nations buying these planes. I seriously doubt places like Burma, Angola, Ethiopia, Chad etc .... while might be able to afford larger numbers of old planes or very small numbers of newer planes can afford to augment or 'force multiply' the capabilities of these fighters with Erieyes, KJ-2000, Hawkeyes or other Airborne Early warning vehicles. I'm also quite sure these countries do not have nor are they able to maintain and update a sophisticated missile defense network like the derby/phyton system or other advanced integrated air defense network.
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Absolutely true in what you say. However, then we go back to the previous discussion that if your main local threat is another 3rd tier air force or you need the ability to look over airspace violations, then this type of aircraft will serve the purpose.
 
A

A.Man

Major
This Plane Is Good Enough For Many Small Countries!

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FORBIN

FORBIN

Lieutenant General
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Between 55 and 200, 5 Brigades equiped, attack or target drones with Chinese for know ?
 
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