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Possible VLS layout at the back
Anyone has any more on this JDW’s article from Dec of 2004?
US blocks Chinese weapons purchase by Sri Lankan Navy
I believe weapons are for the SL Navy’s P-621 which is a former US Coast Guard cutter.
That is before the Tsunami! I bet US will not insist now plus the chinese arm on those cutter pose no threat or affect any interest of US!
ROC Ching Kuo




CG of WZ-10


Using J-7 as laser pod test bed? The Laser pod looks HUGE!
The J-10 is no B-2 , to hide its real intention or stastics , Specially for a country which is trying to make a 4 th generation fighter for the first time , Claiming that China operate military different from other country is hardly a justification for not providing hard stastics on J-10 , We need hard stastics and vital data on that aircraft , also what kind of difficulties it had faced during flight test programme and the number of hours flown by the prototype. The Kind of Information which is available for all the 4th generation aircraft under testing .
When I look at those kind of answers on J-10 , It makes me all the more proud of the LCA programme, The challenges faced and technologies mastered during the process , Inspite of all the sanctions and hardly any previous experience to make an aircraft of the class of “LCA” .
Surely they could have hidden themself behind the statement “That we operate differently “ But the courage to Face Criticism and to Work and Suceed against all Odds was there in the LCA Team
Its better that J-10 suceeds and sees service in the chinese airforce , rather than turn in to a Failure as reports suggest , To Export one should understand that one need to show hard data , rather than PS’d pictures.
Did some one said FC-1 , well we already have the Bisons ( upgraded Mig-21 )
lets compare . Oh, only if its worthy of it. π
Isn’t LCA comparable to FC-1? π
J-11 cockpit!
If that is True , and if its such a Grand sucess , They should come out with its vital stastics and its entire testing phase , no of hours flown and difficulties it encountered , All countries does wheather its the US F-22 or Typhoon or Grippen , even India’s LCA ( visit ADA website you will find the details ) , And all have encountered some sort of Failure’s like the Grippen and F-22 Crashes , which is quite normal for a high tech aircraft .
But for J-10 we hardly find any details about it , except for some Grand Praises and Internet Speculations , If internet speculations is to be believed about its Grand Sucess , then I am tend to believe even the latest news by Kanwa , that “three reinforcing bands were added between the air-intake and the fuselage. βThis is a biggest design failure for the J10β
I think China operate military different from other countries.J-10 will not for export and hardly any real info available! Look forward for the satistic of FC-1!
Again what you claim and say about 2nd production line and Af-31 engine are all from “news source and military journalist” and it could be speculation too.
The bottom line is that officially Chinese should come clean of J-10 speak about its sucess or its failure openly or else its always open to speculation , I would always believe about its latest news on its “Failure” in media just as I believed about its “Sucess” some time back in the media.
Purchase of 250 AF-31N engines is speculation! Hahaha. Go and look at PLA daily.It is a official news from PLA acknowledgement! Don’t believe,u go and ask Russian defence minister,Ivanov.AF-31N engines is only suitable for J-10 not for SU-30MKK or Su-27SK
So far all these so call problem is from news source and military journalist and they r consider speculation without comfirmation from PLA.How can we comfirm they r real problem? From the events like buying mass of AF-31N engine and opening of 2nd production line.I don’t see any problem of J-10.In fact,PLA r going to mass produce this fighter! U don’t mass produce something with major problem or u don’t satisfy,right?
Fc-1 photo
China indigenous precision bomb
Old J-10 pictures reveal serial number
new fc-1 photo
China prototype aircraft with AIM-54 missiles(Actually looks like PS,hehehe)