Good find by Xinhui off DS.
With this week’s CCTV report of a SU regiment reaching operational stage in Lanzhou MR, the total number of Su-27/30/J-11s in service should have reached 11 regiments with each MR having at least one operational regiment!!!
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Translates to:
Beijing MR: 1 regiment
Shengyang MR: 1 regiment
Lanzhou MR: 1 regiment
Chengdu MR: 1 regiment
Nanjing MR: 2 regiments
Guangzhou MR: 2 regiments
Jinan MR: 1 regiment
PLAAF flight test center: 1 regiment
PLANAF: 1 regiment
Total: 11 regiments

Cobrato, can you confirm this? Because if this is true, then assuming a minimum of 20 Su’s per regiment, that would equate to more than 200, possibly 250+ Su’s of all type?

This is that Q-5 torpedo attack version that was never built apart from this prototype. It has a drooped nose so the forward view would be better. The idea was dropped when SSMs finially became avaliable to PLAAF/PLANAF, as torpedo attack is sortta… outdated…:D
In fact, this prototype actually have a wooden nose, Arthour, you didn’t tap the nose to check it out? I am surprised.:D

Just realized also: Not to mention that all PLAN SSK are name Chang Zhen XXX (Long March-XXX), and SSNs are Chang Cheng XXX (Great-Wall XXX), which are the boats real names.

The sad thing about Q-5s is that it is now a plane without a future. No doubtly with more upgrades to its avionics and even engines, the plane would be more useful, bu since the 89 incident, wich caused many foerign avionics options to be no longer avialable, together with the passing away of the chief designer, who is the chief advocate of the continue modernization of this aircraft, most plans involved with Q-5 had been dropped.
On another note, 89 might had been unaviodable, but my eyes alway water at the thought of the PLA that whould of been today if it didnt happen… F-16, Mirage 2000C and Harriers… Leo2A4s…:( 🙁 🙁 But I am going off topic…

I suppose it will do it the same way Q-5s do it, lead plane illuminates target with pod, carrier plane drops the bomb…

It is true. When USN notiuced that PLAN was starting its first class of DDGs in Luda, China, the Class was named Luda Class. the Luhus were built in Shanghai, which is also known as “Hu” and hence named Luhu by USN, then a next class is named Luhai…. and so on.
Same for FFGs, the first class, JiangNan Class gun FFs were built in JiangNan SY, Shanghai, Hence JiangX… JiangHu, JiangWei etc…
The PLAN itself never calls their ships with these names, it is always the project name: 051H1 (which is Luda II), 052A (which is Luhu), 053H3(which is JiangWei III) etc…
I am not too sure about the SSN or SSK designations, but even when they are all dynastical names, they are not in order, so I think are also named by US… they would I prosume be called by PLAN as 033, 035, 039/039A, 091, 092, 093, 094 respecivly rather than Romeos, Mings, Songs, Hans, Xias, etc…

Well, naming fighters FARMER, FARGOT, FISHBED, FINBACK which is the name everyone knows them by, doesnt do wonders in improving their image compaired to names such as Raptor, Falcon, Phatom etc… And ****? Who on hell thought up this designation???:D