Here is the statistic on J 15. 9 ton of fuel and 5 ton of weapon load.
That is plenty of load . the usual western press meme "J 15 cannot carry much load is bunk" Can any one guess what is the endurance based on fuel use. In the Dec exercise we see J 15 fire one YJ83
Refueling configuration Buddy-Buddy, another prototype J-15, registered 553, took off from the aircraft carrier
Liaoning with a pod
UPEACE-1A from Russia installed between the engines.
Here is down another photo that shows more clearly that refueling pod on another prototype 556, knowing that in 2014 the Chinese naval air pilots have already completed takeoff tests, from Liaoning , with 9 tons of fuel oil and 5 internal tons of external armaments.
A first J-15 can therefore take off with 6.5 tons of weapons but less fuel, and regain its maximum autonomy after flying through the supply from another J-15, although according to numerical simulations, J-15 could take off with full and 6.5 tons of external loads, but this would be done under certain conditions - for example m
ust the headwind on takeoff or 30 knots to a minimum and that the take-off is makes the point 195 meters, which then immobilize the oblique track for the recovery of aircraft.
Other asymmetric payload configurations were also tested during this test campaign in September 2013. You will discover them for yourself in the four videos attached.
As for the more "classic" mode, namely that of air defense, the J-15 has already shown in two different configurations, one where at least one missile air-air medium-range
PL-12 is worn between the motors plus 2 PL-8 missiles on the wingtips, and one that is seen most often, that is a PL-12 and PL-8 under each wing.
In "Attack of sea targets mode," the same 552 was filmed to take off and carry 2 Air-sea missiles
YJ-83KH , dual 2 PL-8 for its self-defense missiles.
