No. 635 and 636 Z-20s participated in and successfully completed high-altitude flight tests on 9th October. The tests were performed at three different airports with altitudes over 1000 m, 3000 m and 4000 m located in three provinces in China.
According to the 《军品价格管理办法》([1996]计价管108号文), no matter how much the cost is, the profit should always be 5%. Thus if the cost of those fighters had been somehow raised by 60%, it is also responsible for PLAAF to buy them with 60% higher price. We cannot maintain the price while the cost is...
That is within expectation. Actually, every active SSBN with a single pressure hull has an either large or small hump, including the Triomphant-class.
All tests of JL-2 were performed by Type 31. Thus it is not very possible for you to spot the differences between JL-2 and the next-gen SLBM...
Those large light hulls with noncircular cross section were meant for several smaller pressure hulls, but light hulls with circular cross section contains only one. I don't see any clear evidence to design such a large pressure hull with a diameter over 14 m. Also, 14 m is too large for a...