Here are another 2 photos
C602 reported by Jane’s
J-8F on Oct 3th PRC National Day!
Only the yellow color numbered is J-8F, other red color numbered are J8B, I think now PLAAF 1st Division’s J8 regiment all upgraded to J8F
sexy / slim Anti-ship Missile, probably can be found in type 052C DDG
YJ-62? or Yj-1X? nobody knows 😉
“Inbetween a B-52 and a F-22”
…“the SH is said to have substantial RCS reducing measures incorporated from the onset and many claim that it has better LO then even aircrafts such as rafale etc
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Only if it load nothing beneath its wings, what for?
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I thought that the 54 confirmed orders and deliveries were Al-31F and that the follow on mass order (deliveries recent or yet to begin) were the modified AL-31FN variants. Any newsreports to solve the confusion? Also, put the same on wikipedia for permanent archival.
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For me, I never heard a reliable source suggesting Chinese still buying AL31F for their new Flankers, if indeed there’s news confirm the PLA buying new batch of AL-31F, it’s most probably to be spare engines for Chinese imported Su27SK or locally made J11 and J11A, which all use AL-31F, and the number of these 3 types of Flanker is in hundreds. However, those AL-31Fs are never intended to be used in new Chinese flankers currently being manufactured in Shenyang SAC. All the Flankers under construction now in SAC workshop are J11B standard which except the airframe is Russian concept, everything inside including the WS-10A powerplant and Radar to Fire control the PL-12 are indigenous. There will be enough J11B manufactured by this year end to form the 1st J11B regiment.
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…I’m aware of the 54 AL-31Fs but the problem is that these could have also been spares for imported Flankers or for locally built ones, of which the exact fleet strength isn’t certain (correct me if I’m wrong). Incidentally, India ordered 17+44 GE-F404-IN20s but the LSP aircraft are still some years away from induction.
The 54 AL31FN is modified AL31 F engine with relocated gearbox which can never be used back into flankers, since your stand is the output of J-10 to this stage is still trial based, assume your stand correct, then why PLAAF need so many spare engines, much more than the ones actually used for constructing trial version J-10?
Why want to these 2 nations holding the same ground at 1st place, when both face the dramatically different threats
No doubt when the world’s only monopoly nation concentrating its major spy resources on you thus make you his No 1 you’d be better to be low key rather than big mouthed.
On the other hand, if one’s opponent is much smaller than the only “world police” and lacks vast means as well as budget to carry on constant/1st hand/precise surveillance works on him, he always can show off his actually non existing or yet to be power from time to time usually via the nation’s mouthpiece—the nation’s official media, but how’s the credibility? 1 thousand words is always easier than have 1 thing done.
Speak in short, one draws too much attention, he ‘d better got low key and if one always regularly forecasts, he could either want ot boost moral, or show off his muscle, or draw more attention, or whatever u knoews.
Actually the original news was from Defensenews.com, the Telegraph just quoted it.
Can someone kind enough to give us some ideas how powerful the laser should be for it to work in such way?
Flogger, if you are familiar with the development circle of the turbofan engine, you won’t surprise usually such engine takes at least a decade to develop, the WS-10 as official statement is formerly start developing in 1987, it’s extremely unlikely it can be in final stage of install into another brand new fighter as you claimed a J-10 prototype in 1993, just after 6 years into development. For turbofan engine, no “great leap” please.
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it does not make sense if the WS-10 fits well in the AL-31 engine bay in 2006 why they have to modify the engine bay back in 1993 when the Chinese decided to fit the Al-31 to their new J-10? i mean if in the first place the WS-10 was the original engine the J-10 would not have needed any modification at all
But for 1 thing, how can you equal a 93 version WS10 to a 06 version of WS10A?
Get what I mean?
PT04 already has the full avionics. I would gather that the earlier prototypes would already been updated with the avionics for the weapons testing if indeed CAC is in a rush to get these into production.
Yes I did notice that before I posted, but why the report only singles out the latter full status PT06 to address the indigenous avionics over another full status PT04 supposed to be in full indigenous avionics? And why the full status PT06 got better flight profile than previous ones including the supposed to be full status PT04? Is the guy who wrote the report tries to suggest us there’re some minor changes in avionics between 04 & 06, or the PT 04’s avionics still not in full? Or he just doesn’t know too much in military stuff and report the event only for the sack he’s the reporter assigned?
My pick is the PT04 is still NOT in full avionics but no objection to other interpretation of this article.
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Yawn. More flaming, and more of the usual. Admins, lock this thread please- it just reinforces the usual prejudice/s.
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Do you see the J-10 anywhere?.
Then what your LCA looks at 1st refer to?
You are best served with piling on other posters in the other J-10 thread
I just use his tactics to assembly a rely to him, what piling to your service?
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