Originally Posted by Glad Rag
Meanwhile back in the big nasty old real world...
Not all that good, apparently,
No match for a U.S. Hornet: “China’s Navy J-15 more a flopping fish than a flying shark”
No match for a U.S. Hornet: “China’s Navy J-15 more a flopping fish than a flying shark”
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According to the Sina Military Network, that has (weirdly) criticized the Flyng Shark calling it a “flopping fish”, the recent tests with heavy weapons have limited the attack range of the J-15 to a distance of 120 kilometers from the carrier: whilst it is said to be capable to carry 12 tons of weapons, when the aircraft is fully loaded with fuel, it can’t carry more than 2 tons of missiles and munitions, meaning that only two YJ-83K anti-ship missiles and two PL-8 air-to-air missiles could be carried (in an anti-ship configuration).
Also the Chinese seem not to be interested to field a large Stealth fighter force themselves, this thing (J31) will probably only be for export.
While at the same time they are building 1200 more useable and affordable fighters like the J10
Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group to produce 1,200 J-10 fighters?Politics?News?WantChinaTimes.com
