Chengdu J-20 5th Generation Aircraft News & Discussions

[ozranger]

China J-20 stealth jets on training ops in Tibet

It is just a fake news intentionally created by the bosses of Indian media. India's ruling class always wants some border tension to frighten and blackmail the ruled classes.

 

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Pardon, but AFAIK all images are ether from the PLAAF's anniversary parade or from Zhuhai.

The only J-20 confirmed to be near Tibet was the yellow prototype spotted in Daocheng Yading last year.

 

[cirr]

 

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A model.

 

[Deino]

 

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China’s Fifth-Gen J-20 Completes First Air Combat Exercise
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China’s fifth-generation J-20 jets took part in their first air combat drills at the start of January, according to a People’s Liberation Army Air Force announcement.

The exercises featured J-20 aircraft simulating aerial combat with older J-16 and J-10 fighters and involved H-6K long-range bombers in some capacity, the Diplomat reported Tuesday, citing the air force. The location of the drills, which lasted nine days, has not been disclosed, the news outlet noted.

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The Chinese Ministry of National Defense declared last fall that the jet had been commissioned into service, but it's not clear whether the planes have reached full operational capability.

Adapting the J-20 to current operations is likely to be "a very long and painful" road, as the US has learned during costly F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter implementations, said Vasily Kashin, fellow at the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies in Moscow. "The process of fifth-gen fighters' introduction to the US Air Force was very long and painful… there's no reason to think China would be different."

The plane has spurred controversy among US officials who say that the J-20 virtually mirrors Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor. "What they've been able to do in such a rapid period of time without any R&D, do you believe that gives them a competitive advantage?" Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) asked during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in 2015.

"They're making leaps, which are uncommon, at the behest of us, and we know this… but we're not taking any actions against them," Manchin said to then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. "We know the J-20 is pretty much mirroring our F-22," the senator said.

Clapper replied that a "proportional response" was being considered and response options don't necessarily follow a tit-for-tat pattern with Beijing. "I at least think it's good to think about the old saw that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw rocks," the director noted.

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This response drew harsh criticism from Senator John McCain (R-AZ), who said, "So it's okay for them to steal our secrets that are most important, including our fighters, because we live in a glass house? That is astounding," McCain said at the time.

But the J-20 isn't the only new aircraft being added to the Chinese air force: several also-new J-16 squadrons were added as part of the air force's modernizing trend earlier this month, Sputnik reported.

https://sputniknews.com/military/201801231061007599-china-fifth-gen-j20-combat-exercise/

 

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China’s Fifth-Gen J-20 Completes First Air Combat Exercise
© REUTERS/ Stringer
MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE
22:02 23.01.2018(updated 22:12 23.01.2018)Get short URL
16313
China’s fifth-generation J-20 jets took part in their first air combat drills at the start of January, according to a People’s Liberation Army Air Force announcement.

The exercises featured J-20 aircraft simulating aerial combat with older J-16 and J-10 fighters and involved H-6K long-range bombers in some capacity, the Diplomat reported Tuesday, citing the air force. The location of the drills, which lasted nine days, has not been disclosed, the news outlet noted.

Guess they are using it against fighter targets after all.

 

[cirr]

J-20X(X=S? X=??)

 

[Deino]

J-20X(X=S? X=??)

So these rumours on a twin-seater J-20S or AS are correct?

 

[cirr]

So these rumours on a twin-seater J-20S or AS are correct?

It would be interesting to see if the "rumoured" J-20 derivative is developed into an aerial control platform for future drone swarm attack.

 

[Deino]

It would be interesting to see if the "rumoured" J-20 derivative is developed into an aerial control platform for future drone swarm attack.

How likely and how reliable are these reports and rumours??

 

[rendong]

How likely and how reliable are these reports and rumours??

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I don't think it possible

 

[Gomig-21]

How likely and how reliable are these reports and rumours??

If you're referring to a twin-seater, I say why not? I think it's absolutely doable given the size of the fuselage on the J-20.

It seems to me the Chinese designed the J-20 with tremendous range in mind because of China's expansive territory. The concept of "interceptor" is still very important in these large, Asian countries such as Russia, China and even India. I don't think the Chinese are counting on the J-20 to serve as some sort of naval asset or servicing any of the islands or any shipping lanes etc. or venturing far over the seas. They've made it clear, at least to me, that they've dedicated an impeccably strong naval air command to deal with those tasks and the J-20 will most likely be a land-based operating platform that's made to reach all ends of China in quick time. If it's relegated to the interceptor role, a single seater works fine. If they want to use it as an offensive platform, which it certainly can, then its design seems to be easily adaptable to a 2-seater and perform in a mutli-role capacity.

 

[Deino]

@Gomig-21 Thanks