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To: Spktyr

Bad news for the pilot - yikes


12 posted on 05/03/2021 7:37:46 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Yeah, the J-15 is an interesting bird over and above the capabilities of the jet. China is well aware of their reputation (and realities) of only being able to copy/steal other people’s stuff, so they’ve decided to move away from copying (licensed or otherwise) and start working up their own R&D efforts - not incidentally reducing their reliance on Russia, who they may be at war with again soon. The J-15 is based on the Su-33 airframe, but under the skin, they’re using as much indigenous Chinese technology as they can. It’s a follow-on to the J-11B program, which was based on an Su-27.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-11#J-11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-15


17 posted on 05/03/2021 7:45:30 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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