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When the J-10A program started not even China knew that it was a guaranteed success due to the difficulties in making a medium weight 4th generation fighter aircraft. In fact there were many “backup plans” even in China should the program be a failure. There are several J-7 variants with canards...

The real question is if the Air Force version also has the canopy change.

It's the fact that such drones fly at ultra-low altitude and at relatively slow velocity. Traditional anti-air radar easily lose them in background clutter or cannot spot them until it is too late (due to curvature of the planet).

If that's the case then this is even bigger news than I expected. WS-19 progress is further ahead than WS-15. This is why Pakistan shouldn't fear engine issue for JF-17.

GDP per capita of only 2000 dollars. What’s the cause behind their poverty?

Looking at this is bringing back PTSD from my DSP class during undergrad.

Can you translate the Arabic text for this? Some people in China claim that this is a commendation form for the Saudi Officer who performed the interception.

Closeup of the Mengshi based SHORAD.

Fun fact. A lot of the chips used on Chinese and American planes are actually fabbed by the same company :).

And best of all it doesn’t need to take a whole minute to shoot down a stationary quadcopter like a certain wunderwaffen of Vedic design. https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4657365422968359#&video

Not necessarily. Missile range degrades by quite a lot at lower altitudes. Ranges of over 100KM are usually achieved by sending the missile in a high parabolic trajectory.

Might be this? The Saudis are very shrewd. Apparently they took the laser for a test-spin to check its combat effectiveness before placing an order. The deal is for Silent Hunter, not the Mengshi-based laser SHORAD.

Hence the follow up order with Poly Tech. Laser costs only 5 dollars per shot, cheaper even than standard anti-aircraft ammo.

Supposed photo of the drone brought down.

Didn't some people say that J-20s and other "junk fighters" are only for show and that Su-35 is the only capable PLAAF aircraft used to intercept hostile fighters? :coffee:

While people are debating over the merits of Russian fighter aircraft it appears that they've missed some pretty important leaks. It appears that the rumors were true...

You'll know once someone from our forum goes viral on reddit for trying to catapult a manatee into a swimming pool.

The major issue is called "we can't maintain them without Russian parts".