China Flanker Thread II

[latenlazy]

Did anyone expect anything less? These military shows are mostly lame hack jobs anyways...

 

[Deino]

Bigger version of the new photo

Could the off-set position for the IRST-dome be a hint for an IFR-probe ?

 

[Blitzo]

Could the off-set position for the IRST-dome be a hint for an IFR-probe ?

Makes sense to me. Time to wait for clearer photos of the otherside

 

[balance]

Beautiful Breaking News and Video

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It seems that China and Russia are more "intimate" lately. It used to be that Russia resented the fact that J-11 is designed after Su-27. Now China knows that Russia won't be offended anymore.

Don't forget to check this link for another closer cooperation between the two

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[Deino]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Guys, please check Your souces and "WantChinaTimes" is not a "source" it is simply BS .... maybe I should quote myself from the carrier-tread:

Honestly, if I could decide myself, then anyone quoting anything from WantChinaTimes - other than for fun - and even more arguing with it as a "source" should be banned for lifetime immediately.

Deino

 

[balance]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Guys, please check Your souces and "WantChinaTimes" is not a "source" it is simply BS .... maybe I should quote myself from the carrier-tread:



Deino

How about this?

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[Deino]

How about this?

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Dear 'balance' ... first of all I hope You took that not too seriously, but WCT so often reported pure nonsense, politically biased reports or - in that case - simply reused info found on other "sources". The problem is that not everything is wrong 'per se', but WCT is simply no source. It is a platform where - at least so it seems to me - everyone can post whatever he wants. If You look You will find pure BS about additional stealth types called J-24 and J-25 ... that means there are surely a few reports like the one You psted are maybe correct, but in general to quote WCT is wrong, since they are not the source.

Reagrding tass or rian.ru .... hmmmm ??? to admit, some reports are fine or at least informative, but others are not so ... if You like then take a look here:

https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/ma...-so-reliable-sources-sd-mod-input-only.t7180/

But now back to the J-11D ... I want more images, especially from the left side.

Deino

 

[Jeff Head]

How about this?

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Read carefully what it says in that link:

HANGZHOU (China), April 28. /TASS/. ...may result in the final agreement on all issues and the signing of documents,

The helicopter project is in a high degree of readiness. We have informed the Chinese side that Russian aviation engine building industry today is in the capacity to create ...

the Chinese side which acts...very interested.

The helicopter may be so interesting that it might be in demand

Accordingly, we hope...

That last one sums it up. They "hope."

It is clear that rght now there is no deal, there is (as usual) a lot of talk.

Maybe it will become so...but that article makes it clear to me that it is not very close at this time.

 

[Blackstone]

The J-11D made headlines at The National Interests (a right of center foreign policy think tank)-

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April 30, 2015
China has conducted the first test flight of a new, upgraded version of its J-11 fighter jet.

According to Russian media outlets, which cited unnamed Chinese reports, on Wednesday the People’s Liberation Army Air Force conducted the first flight tests of its J-11D fighter aircraft. The plane is an upgraded version of the J-11B fighter jets, which themselves are copies of the Russian-made Sukhoi Su-27.

According to the reports, the new J-11D incorporates a number of technologies from China’s J-16 fighter jets. Both planes are manufactured by the Chinese company, Shenyang Aircraft Corp, and the J-16 is believed to have incorporated some technologies from the J-11. However, the J-16 is a multi-role strike fighter.

Perhaps most notable of the J11-D’s upgrades is that it reportedly incorporates the J-16’s advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. When the PLAAF first took delivery of the J-16 in April of last year, Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

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The most important upgrade to the J-16 is an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, which is more powerful than the slotted array radars that the Su-30 and JH-7A have. The AESA radar allows the J-16 to intercept enemy aircraft at longer ranges than either of its predecessors, and to attack multiple surface targets simultaneously. The AESA radar would also be datalinked to other Chinese platforms, including unmanned vehicles, to increase their situational awareness.

This AESA upgrade significantly enhances the J-11D’s capabilities over those of its predecessors. In fact, pointing to the AESA upgrades,

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the new J-11Ds could be China’s version of the Sukhoi Su-35s, which is Russia’s most deadly fighter jet. In fact, some U.S. military officials

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the F-15C Eagle and Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet “would both have their hands full” in combat against the Su-35.

Besides the AESA radar upgrade,

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that the new J-11D uses more composite materials and boasts more air-to-air missiles like the PL-10 and PL-15 than did earlier versions of the plane. It also has a new in-flight refueling arrangement that is similar to the J-15.

Also very notable is that

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, the new J-11D is powered by two WS-10A engines, which are indigenous engines. For all its rapid advances, Chinese aerospace companies have continued to struggle to make high-powered engines that are reliable.

Zachary Keck is managing editor of The National Interest. You can find him on Twitter:

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[SinoSoldier]

The J-11D made headlines at The National Interests (a right of center foreign policy think tank)-

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It's sure comforting to know that a foreign-policy-oriented think tank extracts its information from the likes of Popular Science and Russia Today.

In hindsight, Popular Science isn't a bad source at all; in fact, it's pretty decent when it comes to technical matters.