Also, the aircraft that participated in Falcon Strike 2015 is not the J-11A/Su-27SK.
J-11A cannot use the R-77, and the R-77 can be used starting with the upgraded J-11A. This is confirmed by the mention of the RVV-AE (R-77) at the top of the PPT. It also mentions the MAW as “导弹逼近”. This further proves that the aircraft that participated in Falcon Strike 2015 was a J-11A.
All Western sources confuse the N001VE fitted to the Chinese Su-30MKK and the J-11A upgraded in Belarus with the N001 to use R-77. This is not worth considering
Sina Military just a military channel under unofficial new media platforms, the content of the article does not even indicate the source of the message, it cannot even be considered as reposting second-hand information, and the end of the article said that
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Why use an article whose publisher cannot guarantee its accuracy as a basis
then i suggest that you reply after the call, just forwarding a news article without a source as a response may seem disrespectful to the other party, especially he is seriously discussing with you
I apologize to you, and i request that you release the information you hold about the radar used in J11A when conditions permit, and then we can discuss it together, cause there’s some inconsistent information
To be frank the Chinese sources are mostly some news site / military blog, or some gossip among Chinese netizens. I don’t think there is a Chinese book published that directly mention this topic. This is worse than the Western / Japanese secordary sources, which usaully can be traced back to a published book, some even by renowned authors.
Yes actually there are multiple sources that mention the later batches have improved radars. Also the last batch of Su-27UBK is already able to fire R-77 from the start, suggesting it is not using the base N001 radar.
Also on that presentation on the China-Thailand exercise, I don’t doubt its credibility, but I remember it was rejected as a source in one of the J-11A RWR reports. For consistency, if it is acceptable as a source to prove J-11A’s radar model, it should be ok to use it for proving J-11A’s RWR? The RWR system of the j11A should be RLK 207C/D // Gaijin.net // Issues
As much as I love China as a in-game nation I wouldn’t be able to agree with the addition of the PL-15, that thing would absolutely be demonic and would outclass even the AIM-120C5 let alone the R-77 or AIM-120. No missile besides perhaps the AIM-54C would match it in BVR (in-game) and this includes ALL missiles in service with the US.
Something like the R-37M would be required to counter it or the new AIM-260.
The US started a entire new missile program due to the threat the PL-15 posed
Range wise, yes. However, the AIM-120D & METEOR aams both would act as equivalent counterparts, in addition to the R-37. The PL-15 is still distant, given our lack of PESA/AESA, but it isn’t without competition for it’s future implementation some point down the line.
