China's news, pics and speculation part IV

carrying on where we left off.

jai:

thanks for the info, thought the MKK’s IRST had illumination capacity, but just wasnt sure.

but im not too keen on the diving idea. problem with that is the plane is likely to hit the target before the bomb if the weapons needs to be guided all the way.

even if that doesnt happen, u’r still going to be loosing altitude, which will increase the risks of being hit by ground fire and also uses up more fuel since u have to get back up again afterwares.

sens:

i have no idea what u are compaining about now. ‘502’ is a chinese owned MKK being used by the russians for futher R&D on more advanced versons of for the PLA ( or at least was, before it was upgraded to MK2 standard).

the point being that, while the russians are actively trying to market the MKK/MK2/MK3 to everyone and anyone that can afford it. no-one but the PLAAF/PLANAF has shown interest.

so, unlike the original Su30, u dont have multiple branching versons for difference customers. there is only one customer, hence only on verson. and that verson is being displayed by the russians in the hopes that others will want it too. this means that what the 502 is demonstrating is the capability the PLANAF has ordered, and recieved.

whats there to get confused about?