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I would say there are 7 or 8 in this pic.

In total, I think there are around ~90 in service. Mass production doesn't seem likely if WS-15 is not ready for service.
I am sure they will try ws-15 on J-11/J-16, and then J-20.
But I am NOT optimistic that WS-15 will be in service on J-20 in the next 5 years.

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Mass production is already happening with the WS-10C if you look at the formations that got the J-20 recently. The issue was always having a domestic engine available not waiting for an optimal one.
 
I would say there are 7 or 8 in this pic.

In total, I think there are around ~90 in service. Mass production doesn't seem likely if WS-15 is not ready for service.


I totally agree with you, however I must admit, I completely changed my mind towards a much higher number in service today. You surely know I‘m rather conservative in accepting something as confirmed and always rated the number much lower than lets say Minnie Chan who claimed already last year about 150 are operational. However now I‘m pretty sure that even if her number much ans still is much too hing, there are today about 100-120 in service.
 
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Via @Megadelica2 from Weibo
 
What an impressive image showing three J-20A and one J-20AS outside at the CAC facility at Chengdu/Huangtianba with several more J-20s behind partially visible in the halls.

(Image via @第八舰队- from Weibo)

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