Oh, why can't even carrier-based aircraft get rid of rockets?
J-15 carrier fighter thread
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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Launching rockets to hit a target is likely just another part of pilot training to have good aircraft control.
The US is looking into using laser guided rockets to shoot down slow moving drones so there may be a good use of it in modern warfare.
It's about quantity, cost, and time. If an enemy launches a wave of cheap kamikaze drones at your aircraft carrier, they could overwhelm its defenses, because 1) each jet can only carry a handful of traditional air-to-air missiles, 2) those A2A missiles cost millions of dollars each, and 3) there might not be enough missiles per defending jet to shoot down all of the incoming targets. On the other hand up to 50 of these cheep rockets can be carried on a single plane, which increases the number of drones each defending aircraft can take down by nearly an order of magnitude, and they can do so at a fraction of the cost while saving valuable time. Sandboxx does a good analysis in this video:
The rack it carries is a missile launcher exclusive to PL-15. Time to end the debate on why J-15T carries only PL-12.
Are there any distinct visual characteristics of the DT other than the launch bar?
Apparently yes, but we'll need clear images to confirm (e.g. slanted radar)
How do we know 1523 is a J-15DT?
Did we have 1523 as the serial for the previous confirmed J-15DT prototype pic from before?