J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread

[Deino]

Interesting observation: If I'm not mistaken & read the number correctly as H1741037, then this J-15, operated by the NAU at Huangdicun is construction no. 0005 (aka a prototype) and at the same time bort number 37, which was so far not known!

(Image via @太湖军I名 from Weibo)

@huitong

 

[Deino]

PS: minor correction ... no. 37 was known, but not as a prototype with the cn. 0005!

 

[Deino]

Wow! 地产画匠 posted the J-15B profile from my book "Red Dragon 'Flankers' | China's Prolific 'Flanker' Family" published by
in October 2022. The profile itself was made by Ugo Crisponi specifically for the book & is based on the few blurry images then available.

Will be interesting how close we came with it in comparison to the real one ...

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

A J-15 taking off from CV-16 Liaoning. Posted by the official Weibo account of AVIC.



And what's that faraway fighter at the top right? J-35?

 

[Deino]

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And what's that faraway fighter at the top right? J-35? View attachment 128429

IMO just another J-15

 

[mangchaocs]

Wow! 地产画匠 posted the J-15B profile from my book "Red Dragon 'Flankers' | China's Prolific 'Flanker' Family" published by
in October 2022. The profile itself was made by Ugo Crisponi specifically for the book & is based on the few blurry images then available.

Will be interesting how close we came with it in comparison to the real one ...

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The ultimate dream of the Soviet Naval Aviation finally became a reality 30 yrs after the dissolution of USSR......

 

[asif iqbal]

The ultimate dream of the Soviet Naval Aviation finally became a reality 30 yrs after the dissolution of USSR......

had Soviet Union reached its peak which it didnt they would have

1 x CATOBAR the Ulyanovsk
2 x STOBAR the two Kuznetsov Class
4 x Kiev Class Flat Decks
2 x Moskva Class

2024 Chinese Navy close to
1 x CATOBAR
2 x STOBAR
4 x LHD
1 x LHA
8 x LPD

so I would say Chinese Navy have trumped the Soviet Dream Navy but Soviet certainly did come close

without going too far off topic Chinese Air Wing is certainly leaps and bounds ahead with numbers of J15

 

[GiantPanda]

had Soviet Union reached its peak which it didnt they would have

1 x CATOBAR the Ulyanovsk
2 x STOBAR the two Kuznetsov Class
4 x Kiev Class Flat Decks
2 x Moskva Class

2024 Chinese Navy close to
1 x CATOBAR
2 x STOBAR
4 x LHD
1 x LHA
8 x LPD

so I would say Chinese Navy have trumped the Soviet Dream Navy but Soviet certainly did come close

without going too far off topic Chinese Air Wing is certainly leaps and bounds ahead with numbers of J15

The Ulyanovsk was not a pure CATOBAR. It used a ramp like the Kuznetsov but added catapults on the angled deck which destroys the reason for an angled deck in the first place. You angled away the landing strip away from the launch path to facilitate recovery without impacting launches.

The Type 003 is far better by a wide margin. Same with China's STOBARs. They operate as pure carriers without the heavy anti-ship missiles that takes up the forward section of the hangar.

The Kievs operated Y-38 VTOL fighters which would give them an advantage over LDHs -- at least in theory.

But the EM catapult -- if speculation on the possible Type 076 is correct -- could end up on LHDs. This could mean the J-35 on LHDs. That would put China's LHDs far ahead of the Kievs.

In fact, if J-35 can operate off the Type 076 with the EM catapult, it would have an advantage over the VTOL F-35B operating off US LHD/As on range and load never mind the Yak-38.