How is the J-22 going to be replaced by a helicopter?! Maybe some of the recon duties can be taken over by UAV’s… But a helicopter can never replace a striker. The striking duties of the J-22 would be replaced partly by a modernized G-4, and partly by the new multirole jet.
I am of the opinion that a good attack helicopter would perform much better then J-22 in ground attack/anti-tank role. That is what we really need,a flexible platform that will perfrorm well against fixed and mobile targets,and quite frankly,J-22 is not able to do that as it carries no guided weapons but AGM-65 which are not that numerous. The only advantages that J-22 might have is that its able to carry BL-755 cluster bombs and Duranal anti-runway bombs,which however G-4 can carry as well.
One last thing, J-22 is underpowered. The Rolls-Royce engines do not provide a good thrust to weight ratio. The British engines were obtained rather then the French ones, which was a purely political decision at a time.One can read about that in one Aeromagazin issue.
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