The fighter doesnt has side weapon bay, and it is powered by WS-13 at the moment, and in the future the 9500-kgf power WS-XX.

However, neither WS-13 nor the future WS-XX has a low by-pass ratio, therefore, the fighter’s supercruise performance will be limited, if has any at all.

As for the gap between the engines and the main airframe, well thats because they have just installed the engines at the time when the picture was taken, there should be an engine nozzle covering there to cover the gap, like these installed on any other fighters.

And of cause, China’s jet engines, will just like anything else in the military industry, will surpass russians’ in the near future.

Russian enjoyed a head-lead, thanks to having been industried about 100-150 years earlier than China, and thanks to the huge investment in its defense industry during the cold war era.

But the lead can only get you this far, I think prety much everyone and their dogs, including Russians themselves who are not in some serious denial mode, can figure this very obvious thing out.

So this is very unhelpful, sometimes even pathetic, when Russian “fanboys” here always love to bring the “Russian invincible engine techniques” out whenever there is a talk among Chinese military industry etc.

Its kind like an aging man, whose prime is long gone and even in financial troubles now, bragging how he still own a better watch he bought 50 years ago comparing to a new rich guy who is about to get a expensive watch a week later, you know, kind of enjoying his last bragging right when it is still last.

I’ve never heard of JH-7A being armed with PL-12s. It might have the capability though. JH-7 is essentially a bomber H with secondary air to air J. It is in the same series as H-5 and H-6.

Yes, it can carry active-seeking AAMs, as says by its pilots.

Actually thats the exactly reason how in Dingxin, they have beaten the crap out of some 3rd generation figthers (J-7, J-8, some J-8 with BVR), and the PLAAF has been quite surprised by the results, initially they dont expect much with the A2A performance of J/H-7, they think J/H-7’s AAMs is just like a woman carrying a knife, you know, something you can throw at the offender before you flee.

Since they are totally suprised and impressed by J/H-7’s A2A performance, so they then pit J/H-7 against some 4th generation fighters, however the results of it against 4th generation fighters doesnt come out, i guess it is not as pretty.:diablo:

what kind of weopon and external jammer that JH-7 uses that make it better.
Su-30 atleast can fly higher and with more mach#

Su-24 carries ET which Su-30 cannot. There plus and minuses in each platform.

underpowered JH-7 has better range?. It hasnt been seen with bigger ET than 1500L. I have doubts about its internal fuel capacity due to small wings.

Ground mission excerises at Dingxin, west China, including standard ground attacking mission and some mission on take out “enemy”s ground air defense systems.

And since when under/over power( in terms of thrust-weigth ratio) has some strong correlation with range or even speed? last time i recall the current longest ranged aircrafts are usually “underpowered” comparing to fighter, and world fastest manned aircrafts are also pretty much very very underpowered.

So lets quit being amatuerish and employing amatuerish reasoning methods OK?

Also, with a stone-age tubrojet engine, its quite understandable why Su-24 is short-legged.

Out-performance? Why PLAAF still want Su-30MK version then?

Which version of Su-30MKK PLA want? I guess SAC’s new “Su-30” is a little bit more than a standard Su-30MKK.

Consider the range, because of dry-wing design, the Su-24 has a sort leg not only comparing with JH-7 but also F-111. But that purposeful design for survivability among anti-air fire-power.

What’s kind of advantage the JH-7 have then?

In PLA’s internal military excerises, J/H-7 can take down air defense and ground targets much better comparing to Su-30 thanks its far better electronics.

And we all know in terms of ground attacking abilities, Su-30 is still better than Russian current Su-24 fleet.

Better range, better electronics and better ground-attacking abilities, so I guess J/H-7 score at things that matters for today’s fighter-bombers.

You know, kind like comparing a specialist who is good at their special area to a specialist who is good at almost everything but his own special area…

Of cause in the end, you may simply prefer a classic 1970-era ground attacking tactics (e.g. high but not high enough speed at a low but not low enough attitude) on today’s air defense system since I know you may have a very strange sense of humor.

Not exactly about fighters, but close:

On China’s Department of Defense’s official web site, there is a news about a new radar concept or something, called single-photon radar.

They claims the such radar can spot stealth fighters thousands of miles away.

http://www.mod.gov.cn/wqzb/2012-04/19/content_4359787.htm

A quick google-scholar can lead you get the conclusion, that China, USA and Switzelands are current front-runner in the single-photon detection related research, but thats for academic world only, dont know much about military industry.

If this research can lead to fruitful results, then next generation stealth fighter need to be optically stealth…

What Russian agency? You have yet to quote the actual agency, not some vague media sources that may or may not even exist in Russian news outlets.

In the Su-35 report, the Rosoboronexport guy EVEN SAID China has a well developed aviation industry. That is badmouthing?
You people sure are sensitive.

Do you really need citiations? go checking your russian news sources.

If I could get many of these sources TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE, I am sure you could get enough evidences in Russian if you want.

And the rumor started by a very popular news paper in russian, a quick googled can get you to their official site:

http://www.kommersant.ru/