Shenyang J-15 aircraft carrier-based aircraft

[kungfugymnast]

This is not necessarily so. F-35 stealth is to date unproven. Who knows if it's really stealth? Maybe it's not stealthy at all.

F-35 stealth is indeed proven and using 2nd generation stealth materials currently. For export variant, we won't know how much US downgraded the material as the few main NATO countries and US close ally Japan are likely to secretly try to reverse engineer and replicate US technology. The weaknesses of F-35 lies on maintenance, unreliable impractical parts that are designed to milk cash out of buyers, the low maximum speed, limitation of single engine and lacked of side bays. They'll need lots of F-35 to carry out missions of a squad of F-16C or F/A-18E due to limitation with belly only internal bay.

 

[Figaro]

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

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This is the advantage J-15 has over F-35. Bigger size means bigger payload.

 

[kungfugymnast]

This is the advantage J-15 has over F-35. Bigger size means bigger payload.

When navalized stealth fighter J-35 became available, J-15 will serve as weapon platform mainly for anti-ship & air to ground role while for air to air limited to intercepting conventional fighters, bombers, AWACS, ASW aircraft, cargo planes, helicopters.

 

[Figaro]

Awesome J-15/PLAN naval aviation promotion video

https://twitter.com/x/status/1299636829197447168

 

[LKJ86]

Via @奇圆JeffHoly from Weibo

 

[LKJ86]

Via www.81.cn

 

[LKJ86]

Via @北海舰队 from Weixin

 

[LKJ86]

Via @海军新闻 from Weixin

 

[LKJ86]

Via @人民海军 from Weixin

 

[LKJ86]

Via @人民海军 from Weixin

 

[LKJ86]

Via @解放军报 from Weixin

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1311730857376387072

 

[Figaro]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1311730857376387072

This is very surprising considering we saw a picture of another production J-15 Batch 3 with WS-10 engines back in August. Maybe this Batch 3 is divided into different categories?

 

[Akasa]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1311730857376387072

Interesting that these supposedly AESA-equipped fighters still have pitot tubes.