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Chinese Flanker Family: J-11, J-16 ... Su-27SK/UBK, Su-30MKK

As far as I know three are confirmed but You should better ask @cnleio or others !

By the way, what about these regularly popping up rumours concerning a "Silent Flanker" (Photoshop PS below) ...

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... and that Sino-Su-34 ??

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Rumours and just plain fakes or indeed real projects ????

I think they are fake. The Su-34 copy stemmed from a rumor that the PLAAF was considering to buy the Su-34 (which later turned out to be untrue).
 
Lots of J-16s

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30+ new birds this year? :D
 
Nice ... so where are all these new-built J-16s gone (operational) ??

By the way, in the second image - at least in front - there are J-11B and BH single seater too.

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Nope ... An old (actually April 2014) image showing a Batch 06 J-11B
 
Nope ... An old (actually April 2014) image showing a Batch 06 J-11B
I noticed that you can sometimes identify a fighter equipped with AESA by looking at the nose cut. Is this always the case? And why do you think they have to make it this obvious?
@Deino

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I noticed that you can sometimes identify a fighter equipped with AESA by looking at the nose cut. Is this always the case? And why do you think they have to make it this obvious?
@Deino

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you noticed it right , most AESA equipped fighters have upward canted nose
 
I noticed that you can sometimes identify a fighter equipped with AESA by looking at the nose cut. Is this always the case? And why do you think they have to make it this obvious?
@Deino

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But this image of a J-11D is a baaaaaad photoshop.:(
 


Hmm ...not sure esp. since the text is in Chinese, but the lineage seems a bit off: The J-15-tree is ok but the J-16 is clearly airframe-wise a Su-30MKK-offspring. Also the MK2 is a further development of the MKK and not a new "branch" in that tree ... IMO a bit off or can anyone explain ??

Deino
 
Hmm ...not sure esp. since the text is in Chinese, but the lineage seems a bit off: The J-15-tree is ok but the J-16 is clearly airframe-wise a Su-30MKK-offspring. Also the MK2 is a further development of the MKK and not a new "branch" in that tree ... IMO a bit off or can anyone explain ??

Deino

I think it was adapted from my chart that was posted on SDF. It's not a "lineage" but rather an identification chart.
 

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