J15 - in flight.

[Last Hope]

Sukhoi? Looks like J11 too! Its so confusing, everyday a new model! Greattttttttttttt!

 

[Speeder 2]

Desperate to reverse engineer Rafale???

then they'll have Rafale, or Rafael , AND J-15E

 

[Speeder 2]

when you have 18 flankers, south africa will have more JAS. LOL....

then SA will have a Confirmative Action for its pilot training programme...

 

[Speeder 2]

Sukhoi? Looks like J11 too! Its so confusing, everyday a new model! Greattttttttttttt!

Wait till the next week, we'll probably see SinoTyphoon Tranche III.


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[Broccoli]

Sukhoi? Looks like J11 too! Its so confusing, everyday a new model! Greattttttttttttt!

J-11 is a SU-30 with some new things added to it.

 

[Speeder 2]

seriously, I think J-15 only serves as in-between type and for training of Varyag mainly.

how hard it will be to navalise a J-20 variant in the next 10 years ( with air-2-sea missiles) ?

yeah, J-20 is expansive. but a flat top can't take too many of them either.


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[S-A-B-E-R->]

Desperate to reverse engineer Rafale???

NAH! thay have J 10b mate

 

[aimarraul]

http://img.cjdby.com/attachments_cd/month_1104/11042809261fbf4d11367e5d55.jpg

 

[gubbi]

who in the middle east will even deploy jets? especially where theres a carrier strike group right on their door? unless of course they are being attacked but i really doubt they have the guts to do anything.

Arabs are famous for burying their planes and being bad pilots overall.

Really? What you boys are saying is that, in face of multiple NATO bases in the gulf region, AU forces, Arabian Sea under the control of IN and atleast two USN CBGs in the region with their almost unlimited firepower, you think a itsy-bitsy PLAN CBG - with no prior practical experience, whatsoever, of operating a carrier even in its own territorial waters will have the power to destroy a African Nation's airforce with just 18 copies of a Su-33 prototype?

 

[Akasa]

Desperate to reverse engineer Rafale???

Don't need to, don't want to, won't bother to.

 

[Akasa]

seriously, I think J-15 only serves as in-between type and for training of Varyag mainly.

how hard it will be to navalise a J-20 variant in the next 10 years ( with air-2-sea missiles) ?

yeah, J-20 is expansive. but a flat top can't take too many of them either.


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Navalize a J-20? That is pretty much a near impossible job, given the size of Chinese carriers and size of the aircraft. There's no way two WS-15 engines provide enough thrust to lift a J-20 from a ship. The size of the J-20 also limits the amount of aircraft carried. The US is developing the single engine F-35C. The F-35C can carry a large weapons load and yet it is not a large aircraft.

Projects like J-18 and J-19 are medium stealthy fighters that are perfect for the job. China is also building a single engine variant of the J-20.

 

[Dragon Emperor]

Navalize a J-20? That is pretty much a near impossible job, given the size of Chinese carriers and size of the aircraft. There's no way two WS-15 engines provide enough thrust to lift a J-20 from a ship. The size of the J-20 also limits the amount of aircraft carried. The US is developing the single engine F-35C. The F-35C can carry a large weapons load and yet it is not a large aircraft.

Projects like J-18 and J-19 are medium stealthy fighters that are perfect for the job. China is also building a single engine variant of the J-20.

That problem can be solved if China builds a nuke carrier larger than The USS Ford. For example, if China builds history's largest nuke carrier with an empty weight(without aircraft) of 190,000tons and carry more than 30 J-20s and a few other aircraft.

 

[Akasa]

That problem can be solved if China builds a nuke carrier larger than The USS Ford. For example, if China builds history's largest nuke carrier with an empty weight(without aircraft) of 190,000tons and carry more than 30 J-20s and a few other aircraft.

Even if they had a carrier the size of the Knock Nevis, the engines won't provide enough thrust to achieve the acceleration required for launch.

 

[Akasa]

Really? What you boys are saying is that, in face of multiple NATO bases in the gulf region, AU forces, Arabian Sea under the control of IN and atleast two USN CBGs in the region with their almost unlimited firepower, you think a itsy-bitsy PLAN CBG - with no prior practical experience, whatsoever, of operating a carrier even in its own territorial waters will have the power to destroy a African Nation's airforce with just 18 copies of a Su-33 prototype?

No. Only 5 will be required.

 

[TEXAS BATTLESTAR]

Any chance that China's new aircraft carrier will be carrying any unmanned drones along with the J-15s?