J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VI
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I have no idea how they'll integrate 2 extra missiles in that bay.. Is it limited to 4 missiles going by current missile inventory in plaaf(dimensions wise)?Another one... captured in the middle of opening the bays.
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SinoSoldier
Colonel
To be honest I'm a bit skeptical, since it was always claimed that the J-20 and J-16 uses a much larger radar than the KLJ-7A and that the J-16's radar is from the competing CETC / 607th institute.
The article claimed that J-20 and J-16 are equipped with "three panel configuration" same as KLJ-7A, but not KLJ-7A itself.
The question is which panel or where on J-20 and J-16 are the side looking arrays.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Smaller missiles.
Either half length or narrower body.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Maybe the big side panels under the canopy?
Some very detailed high-resolution close-ups of J-20...
Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of carrying vlraam?
Considering j 20 is literally a brand new plane.. I'm sure they must've considered maximizing efficiency of bays in termsof loadout
The PL-15 is not a VLRAAM. China’s VLRAAM is a much longer missile that won’t fit into the J-20’s weapons bay.
The main problem with fitting 6 PL-15 isn’t the missile body diameter, but the fin diameter. That said, if an updated missile that could fit 6 involved some shrinkage of the missile body that shrinkage won’t be by much.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
One way might be to remove the warhead and go with a hit to kill system.
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