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Are there any updates on when Y-20s will be produced with WS-20s? It doesn't make sense to me that J-20, J-10, Chinese flankers have all switched to the WS-10 in mass production but the Y-20 is still relying on the old low bypass WS-18s. Especially with the WS-15 and WS-10 progress, it doesn't...

Su-57 would be ripped to shreds in BVR by Eurofighter before it ever has a chance to engage its fancy post stall maneuvers. The Russians are still reminiscing about the days when the Su-27 was the most maneuverable aircraft in the world. So it's confirmed that this is the WS-15? Would make...

So this is the TVC equipped J-20 ...

I hope Indians aren't delusional enough to believe that if they go to war with China, Tibetans will revolt and join them. I'm almost certain most of them will side with the PLA.

Actually there is every bit of evidence

Even with Luneburg lenses turned on, I highly doubt the IAF would be able to discern the type of aircraft. You are talking about a military which mistook planets and stars for Chinese drones.

You mean made up victories conjured up by Indian keyboard warriors on Wikipedia? The only battles that matter are 1962 and 2020, both of which India got slapped badly. If it were not for Chinese restraint, 1987 would have also been on the list.

The Y-20 looks so much better with the appropriate high bypass WS-20s compared to the skinny D-30KP-2s.

Just more cannon fodder and logistics burden. Pakistan and China are going to play the long game here with India, which is bound to lose. Currently, China is stirring up trouble to divert forces from Pakistan to their border. As soon as this is complete, Pakistan is going taking action...

Oh my god people are still talking about the legendary Indian soldier vs six foot wall obstacle :rofl:

What was his post?

How reliable is this? Most of us were expecting 2023 at the earliest.

If I had to make a educated guess, it would probably be due to their vegetarianism. This is not to say you cannot have more lean body mass being vegetarian ... however a sufficient diet would be very expensive and quite complex to prepare. In the US for example, usually it's upper middle class...

Why would Russian engines be holding up the J-20 when the PLAAF has already switched to WS-10s in the latest batches? There has been no order for the AL-31Fs for a while now.

Even if the United States and China blew themselves to hell and India miraculously wasn't affected by the ensuing nuclear winter, I doubt they would successfully take advantage of the new world at all. Their sheer incompetence in virtually all important foreign and domestic matters has shown...