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Can't agree more that IAF should buy more new equipment as senior officers are starving for new commissions.

Modern TVC on high speed fighters is not meant for improving agility for dogfights, which was discovered by Russian researchers in Soviet era as it will bleed a lot of energy and make the aircraft a sitting duck. However they also stated that it will help pilots conduct manoeuvre more freely as...

Better angles for watching J-20's turns.

Better angles for watching J-20's turns. PS: cameraman was too tired to hold the telephoto lens constantly.

No one can tell. Pakistan traditionally gets products with full or original specs from China.

I am pretty sure this submarine-launched cruise missile will be equipped with Pakistan's new submarines.

J-20 at Zhuhai 2021 Day 2

Day 2 live coverage Better pictures from better angles capturing J-20 demo. Highly impressive turn rate and roll rate, even better than most light weight and single engine fighter jets. Any other dogfighters fighting J-20 will hate to see a turn such as that at 2:03 of above video 😊 .

Live streaming through a Taiwanese news outlet (China Times Network). Obviously the J-20 pilot who flies the demo is now allowed to use the afterburners more often 😊. The nozzles are not burning bright though but the demo itself is good enough.

The increased thrust for turning is for avoiding aircraft stalling. The plane could drop from sky at the turn as each sharp turn bleeds the plane a lot of energy. With increased thrust the pilot can be sure that there will be enough push from the engine and therefore he can pull a sharper turn...

J-20 has much better manoeuvrability than you can see even without TVC. Look at this F-22 demo you will see F-22 lit up its afterburners all the way during the demo. In each turn, F-22 pulled maximum thrust as the two engine nozzles looked burning bright. F-22 relies heavily on full engagement...

Those SD-10A are essentially in 2 different categories, one is AAM and the other is SAM.

Could there be some need to have two J-20 mockups displayed at the same time with one big and the other one small?

They have mounted other pods to the wings and under intakes of the J-16D static display.

Can they name it as JF-18 or something? Its airframe is completely different to JF-17's.

This video shows J-20's exceptionally first roll at 0:58. I suggest viewers rewind to 0:00 to watch this excellent compilation of J-20 clips.

It is better that they can mount all other EW pods to the wings, no need to be real ones, mockups with realistic appearance will be welcomed.