Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

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Article describing patrakar's Haseen Sapna of Dolund offering us F-35

Then Dolund will snap his fingers, patrakar wakes up and sees on his phone
"BREAKING NEWS : TRUMP ASKS INDIAN GOVT TO BUY 114 F-16 OR FACE SANCTIONS"

 

[ArjunMK1A]

I have one argument to suggest.. J20 is highly manueverable like F-22 hence the canards right? J-20 flew somewhere around 2010. so Chini should be able to build stealth jet without canards based on J20 for added stealth if they want to. if you have F-22 class jet why would one go backwards to build twin engine F-35 with stolen tech?? unless J-20 isn't as stealthy, or Chong's stealth improvements don't match US. its same as after building AMCA we would do espionage to build F-35 again. Doesn't make sense to me.

Based on my Armchair brain. J-20 is the stepping stone for Chinaman to test 5th Gen technologies like IWB, Luneberg lens, Sensors etc. They may have some limitation at that time maybe hence few compromise like Canards.

Now you can see the J-35 which is more in-line with current 5th Gen or the undertesting J-36 which is even a new territory.

Unfortunately UNGENROLS were hard skulled and will ask for an Russian/American/French Unicorn.

 

[Nutcracker]

twin engine F-35 with stolen tech

It's literally a PLA Navy first program. J20 is not carrier capable, or can't be made into.

 

[randombully]

I have one argument to suggest.. J20 is highly manueverable like F-22 hence the canards right? J-20 flew somewhere around 2010. so Chini should be able to build stealth jet without canards based on J20 for added stealth if they want to. if you have F-22 class jet why would one go backwards to build twin engine F-35 with stolen tech?? unless J-20 isn't as stealthy, or Chong's stealth improvements don't match US. its same as after building AMCA we would do espionage to build F-35 again. Doesn't make sense to me.

J20 is not as stealthy as f22 just based on shape, but it still is stealthy enough to be called a "5th gen stealth fighter", there's a reason PLAAF plans 500+ of these big boys.

As for j35, it's mainly built for chinky navy, as j20 is not suitable, to make j20 suitable for naval operations it would have required complete design overhaul with folding wings but at the same time they had fc-31 prototype which was much more smaller and carrier friendly so if they have to redesign a fighter this one was better choice.
This was also a decision to help shenyang as they invested money in fc31 only to lost to j20 in airforce tender.
Now there is also a land based version of j35 called j35A/j31 so chink airforce could also buy it, but right now no confirmation or news of PLAAF showing interest, so most likely for export.

 

[Asmodeus]

J20 is not as stealthy as f22 just based on shape, but it still is stealthy enough to be called a "5th gen stealth fighter", there's a reason PLAAF plans 500+ of these big boys.

TBH I don't see any reason, Chongs do it because they can. it was the similar case with j10 as well. They have hundreds of them.
But you are missing the bigger point i made, J-20 is for shoot and scoot in air, it is not made for SEAD or deep penetration mission people claim to be. Their devlopement of pl17 and pl21 is a testament to that. ofc J35 is a naval variant and all. but J20 remains LO not VLO.

 

[randombully]

TBH I don't see any reason, Chongs do it because they can. it was the similar case with j10 as well. They have hundreds of them.
But you are missing the bigger point i made, J-20 is for shoot and scoot in air, it is not made for SEAD or deep penetration mission people claim to be. Their devlopement of pl17 and pl21 is a testament to that. ofc J35 is a naval variant and all. but J20 remains LO not VLO.

J20 is meant for shoot and scoot against US navy and airborne force multipliers which will be defended by F35's and Aegis along with 4th gen fighters.
You ain't gonna do SEAD against a navy.

Against land targets j20 will be more than capable of SEAD, especially against "our" land targets.