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Try either a balloon or drone for upper atmosphere research.

S stands for "Shuang Zuo", which is twinseater in Chinese.

J-16 has internal refueling probe, so it is probably done with mid-air refueling. I suspect it was similar to the stunt they pulled with Su-30MKK over SCS back in 2020.

Leading from the front!

In case anyone is still skeptical about WS-10’s reliability/availability. A J-16, which uses WS-10, just completed 20 hours of continuous flight within a one day period, during which it performed air to surface strikes. https://m.weibo.cn/status/LkWA8bzeE?jumpfrom=weibocom

The canards aren’t fixed but rather free floating, not driven by any motors but moving freely depending on the angle of attack. That said, J-10 does not fear any flanker variant with inferior radar/avionics. Only flanker that could challenge the J-10C is the J-16. Su-35 with stronger PESA radar...

J-10B not J-10C. This one is carrying PL-12/PL-8.

Shouldn't it be stacked up against Chinese sixth gen? Neither has a real prototype yet but the Chinese have allegedly flown a scaled model.

It isn't 737 MAX, it is 737-800.

Even F-119 smokes when going from max dry thrust to after burner. My take on smoke is that as long as it is not persistent and/or visible from dozens of kilometers away (as in the case of Mig-29) and would provide the enemy with a tactical advantage, it is fine.

Pakistan already holds an advantage over India in the AWACS department. I don’t think it is necessary to put changes KJ-500.

They didn’t have them on J-10A. There is speculation that they added them to reduce the RCS when canards make small movements since it hides both the gap and the sharp tip of the canard when observed from the front.

Kim Jong Un has 110% approval rating among North Koreans, which is higher than Modi's.

F-15EX is a great plane. If MKI's radar upgrade doesn't pan out it could fill the niche of twin-engine heavies in the IAF.

It hasn’t. But based on limitations of deltas, especially one with a small span, it is most likely the case. J-10C doesn’t have wingtip pylons, and the inner pylons can only carry bombs unless you do some significant time consuming rewiring. Payload and range have been sacrificed for speed.

J-10C is the tip of the spear while JFT forms the backbone. It is similar to the current arrangement of J-20 and J-16/J-10C in PLAAF.

The F-16V currently operated by ROCAF are F-16A airframes with upgraded AESA radar/avionics, that's it. No engine change or any other significantly additions to the airframe (no ground collision avoidance or radar warning receiver for LPI radar). As a result they have lower thrust to weight...

All those things are classified. For radar capability I think KLJ-7A x 1.5 is probably accurate.

In multi role F-16 block 70 wins hands down, with longer range and greater weapons load. Air to air should be closer if it is using AIM-9X and AIM-120D, but the latter so far has only been exported to closest US Allies. F-16 has the advantage in sustained turn while the J-10C should have the...

Americans did invent the gatling gun during the Civil War.