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F-35B carries external gun pod underbelly while F-35C has internal gun like F-35A

Most likely as you can see from J-10C. J-20B is powered by WS-10X TVC. It is always the B variant that goes full production in PLAAF history while C is the perfect variant

If Type 076 has EMALS, does this mean it will be nuclear powered and expected to be real big around size of Type 002?

LHD only capable of having STOVL/VSTOL F-35B & AV-8B all these while, none capable of launching conventional take off fighters. Type 076 planning to be first?

When navalized stealth fighter J-35 became available, J-15 will serve as weapon platform mainly for anti-ship & air to ground role while for air to air limited to intercepting conventional fighters, bombers, AWACS, ASW aircraft, cargo planes, helicopters.

Type 075 will only carry helicopters on its flight deck and helidrone?

Type 076 is half aircraft carrier hybrid amphibious assault ship? If it comes with nuclear powered, it sure holds record of being the first of both categories. Since China doesn't have STOVL fighters, they sure need amphibious assault ship that could launch conventional fighters with EMALS &...

Russian TVC working fine on export market. My country SU-30MK comes with forward canard & TVC proven well against smaller nimble fighters such as F/A-18, F-16, Mig-29 that don't come with TVC. If you're into cost saving and confident that your fighters won't get into dogfight much, then you can...

For sure they have been experimenting with TVC on J-20 along with other changes on flight prototypes while in preparation for WS-15. No info will be revealed until design finalized.

My country flies the Su-30MK with TVC, using it is like turning OD off in 90's cars based on demand. The thrust loss only happens when turning and banking. However turning it on when flying straight would drain some energy due to changes on exhaust nozzle, designer expects you to go dogfight so...

The J-20 sure needs the TVC. Having a gun in future is ideal too, better than not having. WS10 TVC with maxed out 32,000lb engines are adequate for the J-20 carrying air to air missiles in air engagement.

Is the J-10A top speed still at Mach 2.2 as per all military wiki? If yes, it's faster because of its air intake straight flow for max air pass? Only the J-10C slower at Mach 1.8 because of revised wing and air inlet design along with its WS-10 engine made for low speed maneuverability?

J-10 is best example. The J-10A design is optimized for AL-31 engine especially the air intake. When J-10B first being introduced, it could fit both AL-31 and WS-10, everyone was asking why haven't they started mass production of J-10B. Then came J-10C with final addition that will go on full...

Maybe they wanted to avoid risk of not able to fit WS15 with current J-20 with WS10 engine design. Just look at J-10A vs B & C model differences. Many parts that are not in common and J-10A can't be modified into J-10C. Imagine if China already built many J-20 with WS-10, when J-20 with WS-15...

These are training variant PL-12? I refer google photos that PL-15 forward fins are shaped like AIM-120C tail fin trapezoidal shape. While PL-12 forward fins has AIM-120C style forward fins but larger and sharper.

They w @Grandy The side by side seats configuration is not ideal for J-20 2-seater. It loses its dogfight capability with the limited rear view compared to bubble canopy. Anyone wanted to comment this article that took info from scmp? The point on F-22 as cold war land based fighter for...

What's the weight of PL-15? As far as I know, dual rack for air to air missiles only limited to light weight missiles. AIM-120B/C5-7 are light at less than 350lb. AIM-7M is heavier and never carried on dual racks.

F-35 stealth is indeed proven and using 2nd generation stealth materials currently. For export variant, we won't know how much US downgraded the material as the few main NATO countries and US close ally Japan are likely to secretly try to reverse engineer and replicate US technology. The...

It would be nice large numbers of J-20 entering service, hopefully they are fitted with at least 32,000lb tuned up WS-10 variant engines of WS-15 is still not ready.

Although I'm with the military but I'm not with PLAAF and you expect me to know what's on the new J-10C based on the way you replied? Because you said the old J-10A could carry 6x air to air missiles and aa far as I know, Russian and China fighters don't come with twin racks for air to air...