In my opinion, J-11B Blk 9 or J-11B late would be 14.3
On group under J-11B Early (Block 2) to new rank but before J-11BG or J-11BHG
Slightly worse Su-27SM
I think Su-30MKK guided armament better J-11A
The fighter known as the J11B does not have a variant of PESA, only the Type 1493 radar or the Type 1474 radar (doubtful)
As far as i know the block 09 has does have an upgraded radar. The block 01 surely has the radar that you and the guy above mentioned, but iirc the Block 09 is different.
It’s also possible. After all, PLAAF likes to call all batches of “J11B” “J11B”, but at least, neither PESA nor Type 1474 will be the most widely equipped radar for J11B, you know, I mean Type 1493. This has already begun to be collected at local forums in China.
To be honest, I didn’t know before the forum post that the J11B was once equipped with a Type 1474 radar, do you know the relevant sources? Theoretically, radars with a diameter of 700mm and worse performance will not be widely equipped on the J11B.
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Once i have time I’ll post it here.
According to what I found (Radar Transmitter Technology at Research Institute 14), I didn’t even find the “Type 1474” radar. Perhaps the J11B upgraded to the ESA radar exists. But, really, are you really sure that 1474 was used for J11B? I can’t even be sure of its existence.
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I mentioned 1493, not the other one.
Oh sorry, I thought you were the same person who submitted Block 02, I made a mistake, please forgive me.
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No worries.
Yes, the 1474 radar does not exist. So I deleted the relevant reply.
Updated J-11B Blk 2 suggestion change radar. And J-11B Blk 9 ?
J-11B block 9 uses a PESA radar. Not same as Block 2.
Hello. Type 1474 came from numerous online sources including a small book. Since then corrections on my post have been made.
Hopefully J-11B Block 2 comes and J-11B Block 9 as a folded sometime in the future. (Or vice versa)
Out of pure curiosity, I’d like to ask: does the J-11B Batch 09 actually exist?
My understanding is that Batches 01-07 were manufactured as legacy J-11B equipped with the Type 1493 Radar. However, Batches 08 and later were likely newly built as J-11BG variants. Theoretically, wouldn’t Batch 09 also be a J-11BG? (I haven’t seen any images of Batch 09 myself)
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yep, I actually think so too. Unlike the legacy J-11B, features like the dorsal antenna being changed to a low-visibility type confirm that Batch 08 is definitely the J-11BG.
What concerns me is that Batch 08 remains largely unobserved (only 2 unit, 70305 and 70306, in my photos), and even whether Batch 09 is being produced is unclear.
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+1 Very elegant images
Batch 09 does not exist. In fact, Batches 07 and 08 were restarted between 2017 and 2019 to fill the gap before J-16 production ramped up. J-11B production had been halted long before that, and later SAC shifted its entire production capacity to manufacturing the J-16.
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