Chinese Flanker Family: J-11, J-16 ... Su-27SK/UBK, Su-30MKK

Deino · Feb 18, 2019

LKJ86 said:
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Well ... J-11B + CM-400AKG !?? That's indeed a surprise.

rcrmj · Feb 19, 2019

LKJ86 said:
J-20 is the "052D".
It is the era of 4-generation fighter aircrafts now.
There is no more space for 3.5-generation air superiority fighter aircrafts .

In PLAAF, J-20 is for air superiority, and J-10C and J-16 for multirole.

Su-35SK will be forgot very soon, just like Type P.956 destroyers.

J-20 is more like aircraft-carrier, and J-16D is 055 and J-11D is like the place of 052D````well

the fact is for major air-forces like USAF and PLAAF, 3.5 gen will keep playing important roles for very long time. air superiority, ground attack, anti-ship, EW etc````````apart from the stealth outfit, the other performances will ever be closing in.

and regarding how soon the PLAAF will "forget" Su-35, it really depends on how fast they sort out J-11D's development and J-20's production problems````otherwise, dont feel suprised that PLAAF will order more Su-35, well``with all honesty, I dont want to see more foreign planes in our inventory too`````but again reality is reality you cant deny it```

Deino said:
Do we have any recent news on the J-11D?

it is still going on and off as far as I know, but it will be very unlikely to reach the efficiency as Su-35 (mainly due to structure problem and low cost efficiency to replace J-11Bs), however, luckly lots of its sub-systems and research results will be used on J-11B's upgrades``````PLAAF is not as optimistic as most fans believe
there worries are``
1: urgent needs of latest 3.5 gen heavy fighters (the likes of F-18E/F, silent eagle, J-16, J-15 and Su-35 )
2: 5th gen fighter production problem, for example, in theory, or "according to plan", they will provide 20 units of J-20 to PLAAF a year, but due to suppler and production line problem, they can hardly make 10``````furthermoren, it will take years to develop J-20 into a perfect condition````(the U.S having the similar problem in developing their F-22 and F-35 too)
3: even though the pressure from the U.S is pretty much the same as 10 years ago, however, due to China's rapid development of its economy, technology and military to a crucial point. the requirement for countermeasures to the event of desperate moves from the U.S is ever pressing````therefore, to build a 5th gen information centric battle system in a shortest period of time is imperative``````