Zhuhai Air Show 2018
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Interesting development but not totally unexpected
There is an interest appearance of a polygon sensor at the bottom of the nose which looks like an EOTS.A carrier-based drone and apparently a product of CSIC! It will be shown at Zhuhai.
This is old.
Interesting. Will keep an eye out for it. While it has folding wings, it doesn't have a launch bar on the forward wheel. Does it have enough juice to get off a STOBAR carrier? Could it be a AEW&C solution for carrier's that can't take a full-up AEW&C platform? It also would not appear to have an MQ-25 style application.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
There are no catapults on Kuznetsov class carriers.
So it has to use the STOBAR system where it lines up on retractable chucks builds up thrust and is then released.
Possible but unlikely as is. It would need a large radar array. If there was a canoe like structure on it it might be.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
Prepare to be disappointed: this is allegedly the lineup for the Zhuhai Airshow. Not a sign of the J-20, FC-31, or any "20 series" theme in the slightest.
