Indian Air Force: News & Discussions

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J20 & J16, Possible SEAD lineup

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Can it fill ARM missile, inside it's weapons bay? Or have to carry it externally?

 

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Can it fill ARM missile, inside it's weapons bay? Or have to carry it externally?

Quite possible inside

 

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Quite possible inside

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So they are making it multirole from air superiority,
Previously I was thinking PLAAF will buy j35 as multirole and j20 will be dedicated air superiority( can still do multirole if needed, with external load).
But with this it looks like there's not much need for j35 in airforce, what are the chances of plaaf buying j35?

 

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So they are making it multirole from air superiority,
Previously I was thinking PLAAF will buy j35 as multirole and j20 will be dedicated air superiority( can still do multirole if needed, with external load).
But with this it looks like there's not much need for j35 in airforce, what are the chances of plaaf buying j35?

News said: PLAAF testing wing is speeding up trials of J35A.

Which means Navy version would be named as J35C.

PLAAF might be not urgent since it has full speed production of J20.

And SAC so far might need bring 100 J35C for navy as first priority in coming yrs. And Pakistan AF might treated 24 to 36 as 2nd batch.

If you count 24 J35C for each AC from 001, 002, 003 and 004 already in shipyard.

 

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News said: PLAAF testing wing is speeding up trials of J35A.

Which means Navy version would be named as J35C.

PLAAF might be not urgent since it has full speed production of J20.

And SAC so far might need bring 100 J35C for navy as first priority in coming yrs. And Pakistan AF might treated 24 to 36 as 2nd batch.

If you count 24 J35C for each AC from 001, 002, 003 and 004 already in shipyard.

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So looks like plaaf will still buy them.