China Flanker Thread II

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Don't ask me why?? but I LOVE gear in transit pictures, as well as drogue chutes, and as you all know, two drogues are better than one!

and this gear in transit is better than the usual because the gear has already started to "articulate" into its stowed position, and the legs retract forward, which is way mo betta!

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This bit is quite interesting -

So WS-10B has two modes? In BVR it is 12,800 kgf (~126 kN) but in WVR it can go as high as 13,800 kgf (~135 kN) but at the expense of MTBO? This is similar to the Saturn 117S. It also has an emergency mode that pushes the thrust up to 142 kN. Unfortunately, the WS-10B dry thrust is not given.

Before believing anything in that magazine, one has to ask: what magazine is it?

For the first time a J-16 - assigned to the 40th Air Brigade - was spootted carrying YJ-83K AShMs.

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Are you absolutely sure that's an antiship missile? Is there a chance we are looking at a (novel?) variant for air to ground?

Totoro said:

Are you absolutely sure that's an antiship missile? Is there a chance we are looking at a (novel?) variant for air to ground?

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IMO it is the same we know from the J-15.

if it's an anti ship missile, then that might be, as far as i can remember at least, the first time we see any PLAAF aircraft carry an antiship missile. I don't remember we ever saw PLAAF's JH7 or J-10 or any other planes carry such missiles.