Main differences between 10B and 10C are PESA+AL-31 vs AESA+WS-10 from all the Chinese sources I’ve seen, and the problem with using Chinese academic papers as sources is that 99% of the times they are very vague for OPSEC and won’t specify which vehicle they discuss. The paper does not even have a singular mention about “J-10”.
A few comments down when another user asked the OP to translate the paper he said “My grasp of the Chinese language is as good as yours”, apparently he does not even understand Chinese. Judging from the watermark he got them from Super Basecamp (超级大本营, a long gone CN military watch forum) and we can’t trace where the claim came from.
Because China likes to hide its own military scientific achievements and then release them when they are needed. Just like our sixth-generation aircraft. It even has two scenarios.
J-10A is slightly inferior ingame, unless it is very low speed, then J-10A has better stall control.
J-10B is lighter + more thrust, so it should be more competitive.
J-10A actually has a lower stall speed than the Eurofighter, suggesting more lift at high AOA but the Eurofighter just has so much thrust that it outturns J-10A anyway.
Regarding this, I am seeing if I can see the actual paper for myself, cause it might mention something there. I agree with scientific papers it is vague, but roughly just about everything else is classified. If we can see from somewhere, (anywhere) in the paper that something matches on to known stuff, then we might just be able to use it.
PLAAF is really bad at PR, ngl
As CW Lemoine said none of the displays match up with what actually happens, might be because for OPSEC or for casual audience viewing
Also, this is supposedly what the radar on the J-10C looks like
It’s definitely a different radar, it doesn’t have the IFF interrogators like on the radar of the J-10B.
