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Chinese Media Takes Aim at J-15 Fighter | Defense News | defensenews.com
The fighter can take off and land on the carrier with two YJ-83K anti-ship missiles, two PL-8 air-to-air missiles, and four 500-kilogram bombs. But a weapons “load exceeding 12 tons will not get it off the carrier’s ski jump ramp.” This might prohibit it from carrying heavier munitions such as PL-12 medium-range air-to-air missiles.
To further complicate things, the J-15 can carry only two tons of weapons while fully fueled. “This would equip it with no more than two YJ-83K and two PL-8 missiles,” thus the “range of the YJ-83K prepared for the fighter will be shorter than comparable YJ-83K missiles launched from larger PLAN [People’s Liberation Army Navy] vessels. The J-15 will be boxed into less than 120 [kilometers] of attack range.”
Losing the ability to carry the PL-12 medium-range air-to-air missiles will make the J-15 an “unlikely match” against other foreign carrier-based fighters.
Sir,
The standard load of J15 is 12 tons-----but for air craft carrier take off---it has to reduce the weight to two tons of weapons---.
We don't need it for air craft carrier launch---we don't have one.
I have attached the above link for your information----and I am doing that because you are not too far from my age group---only 12 years younger---. If you were a teenager---I would have let you do some more research on your own
in 2014 J-15 had finished most land tests and started on board testings... So far the J-15 has conducted 14 tons payload tests (9 ton fuel and 5 ton weapons) from 195 m take-off point, and 9.5 ton payload (7.5 feul with 6 PL-12C AMRAAM and 4 PL ASRAAM) take-off from 105 m point````these are all done on carrier with 24 knots carrier speed. the payload is almost same as F-18E/F's mission payload, only with less unit launching rate (catapult vs ski-jump)
and in terms of 31, as I mentioned a year ago, 31's project is heavily relying on PLAN and foreign supports, as the state didnt put a dime in the project that put most resource in J-20.... so in the sense, wining PLAN and foreign supports (you know what it means), are vital for the project
so dont be surprised when you see a 5th gen fighter with PLA mark on it in future```