Overseas media: Chinese naval J-11s spotted in the open

Global Times, China ^ | May 12 2010

[sukhoi-30mki]

Overseas media: Chinese naval J-11s spotted in the open

Source: Global Times

A British magazine said on Monday that new Chinese single- and twin-seat J-11 fighters are probably being produced for the People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force (PLANAF).

According to Jane's Defence Weekly, some pictures posted this month on Chinese military websites showed J-11s outside the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation factory.

The J-11s are in a very light grey livery consistent with the PLANAF's Sukhoi Su-30MKK2 fighters, 24 (one regiment) of which were delivered in 2004, Jane’s said.

The single-seat fighters, a new variant of the J-11B and designated as J-11BH, are the modified version of Sukhoi's Su-27SK. A version of the twin-seat J-11BS, which will reportedly be called J-11BSH in PLANAF service, can also be seen in these pictures, the magazine added.

Russia had expressed dissatisfaction on China’s "appropriation" of Sukhoi's design, and Moscow also expressed doubt about whether China could copy the Su-27SK or go on to produce improved versions.

The J-11B has a slightly lighter airframe than the Russian original, and there is speculation that the J-11B is possibly made by greater use of composites, and new Chinese-designed radar.

Chinese-designed air-to-air missiles like the radar-guided Luoyang PL-12 are also equipped on the J-11B.

There are also some indications that the J-11B may soon be equipped with a new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar that is also likely to be used by the new Chengdu J-10B.

Recent images also suggest that the PLA Air Force J-11Bs may receive the Chinese-designed Shenyang WS-10A Taihang high-performance turbofan, which has been a major objective for China's aerospace sector since the 1990s.

It is not clear if the new J-11s will take the place of China's older Shenyang J-8B/D fighters. Compared with the J-8, J-11BH can provide PLANAF a new platform with significantly greater combat potential.

The PLANAF J-11s will probably have a potent anti-ship capability to supplement the army’s five regiments of Xian JH-7/A strike fighters.

[sukhoi-30mki]

Images taken on May 4, 2010 of the tarmac outside the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation factory show that navy-colored J-11s are being produced.

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Russia had expressed dissatisfaction on China’s "appropriation" of Sukhoi's design

lol. Russia wrote the book on appropriation of design.

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...Russia wrote the book on appropriation of design....

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[Joe 6-pack]

"...Russia wrote the book on appropriation of design...."

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Not only was the TU-4 a direct copy of the B-29, it's a direct copy of one particular B-29. The one that they copied made an emergency landing in Russia during the war, and the Russians kept it. There was a hole drilled in the wing by mistake at the Boeing factory, and the Russian's copied that aircraft so faithfully that every single TU-4 produced had that hole in the wing.

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