Blackstone
Brigadier
I suppose if the satellites ever go dark enmasse, then warfare reverts to Vietnam-era where unguided munitions play larger roles. Not a bad idea to practice unguided strikes in any case.
China Flanker Thread II
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Yep they are cheap and sure look impressive when launched, who knows what your are going to hit, but they sure make a lot of fire and smoke!
Great pics!J-11BS using Chinese engines WS 10 series..
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Extremely unlikely since Chinese nuclear policy is to treat nukes as last resort strategic weapons rather than tactical alpha strike weapons, as the likes of the US and USSR did since they he Cold War.
China has a very small nuclear arsenal dominated by high yield strategic warheads. What tactical warheads it does have would be primarily deployed by cruise and shorter ranged ballistic missiles, rather than freefall relying on deep penetration strike fighters.
In that sense, any Chinese asset able to deploy Chinese made long range cruise missiles should also be nuclear capable.
F-15E not F-15C in general Su-27/J-11 used as him...
re # 5589....cop this...
Damn I wish we can get more photos of Flankers with modern weapon training and testing. There are so many photo of J-11 firing only dumb rockets (I wonder if they are even APKWS like rockets)
New photos from Weibo. Apparently a new batch of J-11Bs have been produced, either to replace aircraft lost in accidents or a new batch to equip more units pending the J-11D's arrival.
Can anyone confirm that the green parts are composites like the J-10C? If so, it seems most of the tail section is how made of composites.
Can anyone confirm that the green parts are composites like the J-10C? If so, it seems most of the tail section is how made of composites.
Hyperwarp
Captain
Yes, the green area are composites. This has been the case from the beginning. Here is much older photo.
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