J-10B SEAD, 2x YJ-91:

There is now a huge fight going on on SDF given interpretations of insider leaks, the Minnie Chan SCMP article, and so on, about whether the WS-15 will appear installed at Zhuhai this year, and whether it will be deployed on the J-20.
FYI, Deino, Blitzo, and latenlazy are vehemently against the notion as it goes against their current analysis, and they regard sources and source interpretation as either unreliable or just fradulent. Others are more enthusiastic, but the ultimate test will come down to what we see at Zhuhai.
Ok, let’s just wait until Zhuhai 2018. It is like 2-1/2 months away and Deino will be visiting the airshow for the 1st time. We might get some info on the WS-15, but I personally won’t be surprised If China does not divulge any information officially regarding the WS-15 for several more years.
J-16 batch 4: Total closing in on 100?






J-10B:


CV-16 going through modifications. CV-17 back from sea-trails
lightening things a bit: https://russianplanes.net/id236562
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¿J-10B or J-10C?
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Said to be a modified J-10B.
J-10B TVC testbed with WS-10X:

I think this percentage in Tejas is about surface. On your link do not put nothing but it seems its surface percentage, not weight percentage. In case of surface percentage, EF 2000 its more than 80% (CFC+GRP)
There is an entry in “Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft: Development & Production”, but not available on the web. Composite by weight 42 percent and nearly 90 percent by surface.
From the prototype stage, the LCA was targeted to have the highest usage of CFC in weight and surface area to my recollection.
http://www.aeromag.in/articlesingle.php?article=9
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State-of-the art composite structure to the extent of about 90% surface area and about 40% by weight is probably one of the highest in the world.
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From the book Smart Composites: Mechanics and Design
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And on this website talk about 40% of weight, too.
http://en.aviation-report.com/high-f…rcraft-design/
So we can take this 40% as sure, and the other 50% as not sure.
Anyway, EF-2000 is the fighter with more use of composite materials by surface and weight with a wide margin over the rest.
I think the HAL Tejas airframe composite usage by weight is around 40% to 42% –http://www.tejas.gov.in/technology/composite_materials.html
The white pod looks like the Harm Targeting Pod, is this what it is used for?
Yes. The white pod is for the HARM while the other pod is for ECM. The same arrangement can be seen in the JH-7A, but the JH-7A can carry up to 4x YJ-91.
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