j11B can’t fire PL8A ?? yes it should have arrived with the F15C, J11B would be Chinese, the Su 27Sm is Russian. the J11A should have been a premium
The PL-8A is a Python 3 produced domestically by China with HMS support if I recall, the J-11B should be more than capable of mounting it. It would almost entirely use the PL-8B in real life however, the PL-8A is now a obsolete missile.
yes it seems to me that the PL8A is just a PL8 but with 100% Chinese components
If by that you mean that it should have and not that it was planned to, yes, I agree.
J-15T has officially entered PLANAF service, first clear photos of them operating from the carriers.
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The scanned photos really have a feel similar to mid-Cold War photography. I would not be surprised if you took this photo to the Soviet Union and said it was taken on the Ulyanovsk. This reminds me of the scene in Neon Genesis Evangelion where the Su-33 is on an American aircraft carrier.
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Yeah, that’s because it’s from a magazine, so the photos look old.
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How come the irst is not clear?
IRST use IR as its name suggests, and some materials like rare earth ceramics despite not being transparent to visible light is transparent to IR radiation. They are often actually better than transparent material thus why newer IR missiles also use this.
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This IRST can be seen on J-10B, J-10C, J-16, and now J-15T.
Curiously, J-11BG doesn’t seem to use it.
I only remember Asuka in that picture, haha.
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Really? I have never seen it turned around though.
it will turn in sky, clearly there isn’t many photos shot in sky
Apologies for the low quality
it’s taking off or landing, close to ground, so it turn off in advance.
“in sky” means flying stably
for example, this J-16 Irst, and sometimes, it also turn on when being checked in ground
yes, but the normal procedure is turn it on later
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So its clear?
