Chengdu J-20 5th Generation Aircraft News & Discussions

[S10]

How many do you see … but even more interesting would be to know, where this images was taken?

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I would say there are 7 or 8 in this pic.

In total, I think there are around ~90 in service. Mass production doesn't seem likely if WS-15 is not ready for service.

 

[vi-va]

I would say there are 7 or 8 in this pic.

In total, I think there are around ~90 in service. Mass production doesn't seem likely if WS-15 is not ready for service.

I am sure they will try ws-15 on J-11/J-16, and then J-20.
But I am NOT optimistic that WS-15 will be in service on J-20 in the next 5 years.

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[GiantPanda]

Mass production is already happening with the WS-10C if you look at the formations that got the J-20 recently. The issue was always having a domestic engine available not waiting for an optimal one.

 

[LKJ86]

Mass production is already happening with the WS-10C if you look at the formations that got the J-20 recently. The issue was always having a domestic engine available not waiting for an optimal one.

百鸟在林不如一鸟在手

 

[Deino]

I would say there are 7 or 8 in this pic.

In total, I think there are around ~90 in service. Mass production doesn't seem likely if WS-15 is not ready for service.

I totally agree with you, however I must admit, I completely changed my mind towards a much higher number in service today. You surely know I‘m rather conservative in accepting something as confirmed and always rated the number much lower than lets say Minnie Chan who claimed already last year about 150 are operational. However now I‘m pretty sure that even if her number much ans still is much too hing, there are today about 100-120 in service.

 

[GiantPanda]

百鸟在林不如一鸟在手

In English the same famous proverb is "A bird in hand is worth two in the bush."

True today as much as the past.

 

[LKJ86]

Via @Megadelica2 from Weibo

 

[Deino]

What an impressive image showing three J-20A and one J-20AS outside at the CAC facility at Chengdu/Huangtianba with several more J-20s behind partially visible in the halls.

(Image via @第八舰队- from Weibo)

 

[LKJ86]

Via @四川地产界高层-军事画家 from Weibo

 

[Gomig-21]

Is that rear aircraft a 2-seater? And is that what they're calling the J-20AS?

 

[Deino]

Is that rear aircraft a 2-seater? And is that what they're calling the J-20AS?

Yes it is!

 

[onebyone]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1509892372850614279

 

[ahtan_china]

 

[Deino]

Wow

... is this image a real photography or a CG?

 

[ahtan_china]

It's said that the design of the F-22 is updated becase of the laser weapon of China.