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Chinese Aviation Developments

Chinese GJ-11 attack UAV. Single engine with weapons bays on either side of engine. 40 feet long and 47.3-foot span. It is probably that these attack aircraft will be embarked aboard the new 50,000-ton LHD with a single EMALS catapult. The first LHD is doing sea trials now (but without aircraft, I believe.) Here's a speculative aircraft layout with 15 attack UAVs, 2 ASW helos and 6 troop transport helos.

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PLA Navy carrier-based Shenyang J-15T Flanker heavy fighters have now been observed carrying YJ-15 ramjet-powered antiship missiles (max two per aircraft, I think). While open-source info on this missile is hard to come by, Japanese sources estimate that the YJ-15 has a speed of Mach 5+ and a range of at least 1,200 km and possibly as much as 1,800 km. Potentially a very potent weapon!

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To state the obvious, it seems clear that the Chinese J-35 carrier strike fighter (and its cousin the J-35A PLAAF strike fighter) borrow heavily from the U.S. F-35 design. While the prototypes flew initially with Russian power, the production models feature Guizhou WS-19 afterburning turbofans that are estimated to produce 25-26,000 pounds of thrust in A/B. The internal fuel is estimated at about 15,900 pounds and the max takeoff weight at 66,000 pounds plus. The internal bays accommodate six air-to-air missiles and there are six hardpoints on the wings.

The J-35A air force version has less wing area and a single nose wheel; I'd guess it also deletes wing folding.
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Does any of this sound familiar? :D
 
Llarry said:
To state the obvious, it seems clear that the Chinese J-35 carrier strike fighter (and its cousin the J-35A PLAAF strike fighter) borrow heavily from the U.S. F-35 design. While the prototypes flew initially with Russian power, the production models feature Guizhou WS-19 afterburning turbofans that are estimated to produce 25-26,000 pounds of thrust in A/B. The internal fuel is estimated at about 15,900 pounds and the max takeoff weight at 66,000 pounds plus. The internal bays accommodate six air-to-air missiles and there are six hardpoints on the wings.

The J-35A air force version has less wing area and a single nose wheel; I'd guess it also deletes wing folding.
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Does any of this sound familiar? :D
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The Chinese have been swinging a scythe through their weapon design teams. They are genuinely upset that their systems sold to Venezuela and Iran have failed so badly and their jet programs are meeting the “look” but wildly under-performing. This is the biggest firings are noted here.

www.peoplenewstoday.com

Father of the J-20 Yang Wei and Roc - China -

Two senior executives from China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) — Yang Wei, the chief designer of China’s first stealth fighter J-20, and rocket expert Ha
www.peoplenewstoday.com www.peoplenewstoday.com
 
Griz882 said:
The Chinese have been swinging a scythe through their weapon design teams. They are genuinely upset that their systems sold to Venezuela and Iran have failed so badly and their jet programs are meeting the “look” but wildly under-performing. This is the biggest firings are noted here.

www.peoplenewstoday.com

Father of the J-20 Yang Wei and Roc - China -

Two senior executives from China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) — Yang Wei, the chief designer of China’s first stealth fighter J-20, and rocket expert Ha
www.peoplenewstoday.com www.peoplenewstoday.com
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Huh. Who knew systems integration was so hard?

;)
 
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