Re: J-20... The New Generation Fighter II
Or... you could just launch a barrage of stand off anti ship missiles from ships, land, submarines, air. Or you can use the much vaunted anti ship ballistic missile. Or you could use quiet small diesel subs lying in wait to take down ships with torpedos... Any of those are better than wasting J-20s to directly attack CVBGs in any way, even if it's part of a concerted attack -- unless the defenses are already down, in which case aircraft like flankers or JH-7 can do the job just as well.
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Really, it's interesting there's red sword on one end saying J-20s won't be used for strike because that'd be a waste of it's air to air capabilities, then anton's saying J-20 wont only be used for strike, but also to strike CVBGs, and that it's not got a lot of capability in air superiority...
-sigh- I'm sure the truth is somewhere between the two.
I agree with this viewpoint. It is almost impossible to single handily sink an aircraft carrier like back in WWII with the kamikaze style attack. With AAW surrounding the carrier and CAP constantly on the lookout, it is almost impossible to penetrate the defense nowadays with one hit attack with "conventional" non-stealth aircraft. The successful strategy would rely on a war of attrition - constant barrage of AShMs (either land based, sea launched or air launched) to slowly degrade the defence, and to completely empty the enemy AA munitions. The J-20 *could* serve as first strike weapon to deliver AShMs in early stage, as it can get much closer to the target, thus greatly increase the penetration and destruction of the target. It can also serve as CAP for the follow on bombers to intercept enemy CAPs.
Or... you could just launch a barrage of stand off anti ship missiles from ships, land, submarines, air. Or you can use the much vaunted anti ship ballistic missile. Or you could use quiet small diesel subs lying in wait to take down ships with torpedos... Any of those are better than wasting J-20s to directly attack CVBGs in any way, even if it's part of a concerted attack -- unless the defenses are already down, in which case aircraft like flankers or JH-7 can do the job just as well.
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Really, it's interesting there's red sword on one end saying J-20s won't be used for strike because that'd be a waste of it's air to air capabilities, then anton's saying J-20 wont only be used for strike, but also to strike CVBGs, and that it's not got a lot of capability in air superiority...
-sigh- I'm sure the truth is somewhere between the two.