antiterror13
Brigadier
More likely PLAN copy the development in the US ... and thats totally ok to look up to the best of the best
CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
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More likely PLAN copy the development in the US ... and thats totally ok to look up to the best of the best
Intrepid
Major
Copying is the Asian form of consider it as correct.
Pardon to correct, but the last one is not a SR-72/RQ-18O-like design but an Airship / Blimp or whatever these things are called.
antiterror13
Brigadier
I don't know what are you talking about?
Intrepid
Major
Copying is not an offense in Asian. Copy means "You did it right, I have the same opinion, I support your views".
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
From those slides it seems like China plans
New 5th gen carrier fighter
New ASW helicopter
New EW aircraft
Medium range UAV
Long range UCAV
This is very advanced stuff
New 5th gen carrier fighter
New ASW helicopter
New EW aircraft
Medium range UAV
Long range UCAV
This is very advanced stuff
PLANAF has some of those points in prep already:
New type carrier borne fighter - probably not, unless they refer to some J15 variant. but as i said, unlikely. Probably the reference is here to its successor, which may or may not be a j20 variant of fc31 variant/inspired plane. So we're at least 5-10 years away from that.
carrier borne EW aircraft - we saw already J16D, so it's not unlikely there's a two seater J15 variant with same sort of subystems in prep as well.
fixed wing AEW - rumors are getting louder, probably in prep. We might see a prototype within a year or two.
ship borne ASW helo - probably that z18 asw variant. Possibly also something based on Z20, but given we've seen only the army variant so far, another ASW variant of that would take 5+ years to get into service.
medium sized carrier uav - nothing of note here yet. if being developed, it might in early stages?
long endurace UAV - probably that twin fuselage, very large UAV we saw awhile back. While some assumed its main mission was awacs type plane - but it's also very convenient for maritime patrol missions. Kinda similar to KJ200, being used more by navy than air force. Navy surely uses it for maritime patrol missions as well.
airship - nothing of note here yet.
New type carrier borne fighter - probably not, unless they refer to some J15 variant. but as i said, unlikely. Probably the reference is here to its successor, which may or may not be a j20 variant of fc31 variant/inspired plane. So we're at least 5-10 years away from that.
carrier borne EW aircraft - we saw already J16D, so it's not unlikely there's a two seater J15 variant with same sort of subystems in prep as well.
fixed wing AEW - rumors are getting louder, probably in prep. We might see a prototype within a year or two.
ship borne ASW helo - probably that z18 asw variant. Possibly also something based on Z20, but given we've seen only the army variant so far, another ASW variant of that would take 5+ years to get into service.
medium sized carrier uav - nothing of note here yet. if being developed, it might in early stages?
long endurace UAV - probably that twin fuselage, very large UAV we saw awhile back. While some assumed its main mission was awacs type plane - but it's also very convenient for maritime patrol missions. Kinda similar to KJ200, being used more by navy than air force. Navy surely uses it for maritime patrol missions as well.
airship - nothing of note here yet.
I think that list includes projects that we have seen and some we haven't seen.
-the new fighter may include both the new J-15 variant and a new 5th gen fighter
-the carrierborne EW probably refers to J-15D that is rumoured to have made its flight a while back
-fixed wing AEW obviously can only refer to the currently dubbed KJ-600
-shipborne ASW helicopter can refer to Z-18F and/or a Z-20 variant
-medium sized carrier uav could refer to either a conventional layout HALE uav (like the one we saw near the huangdicun catapult a while back on satellite), and/or a stealthy ucav derived from lijian or something
-long endurance uav could refer to divine eagle or even something else further down the line like a solar powered uav
-the airship is also likely a longer term plan, which some of the aerostats that we've seen could be projects leading up to for.
Tread carefully, lest you make too broad a claim about "Asians" that more than a few members here of Asian descent might take exception with.