China Military News & Updates

[SexyChineseLady]

Not Chinese but of a lot of interest to Chinese aviation enthusiasts -- the KF-21. They rapidly flew six prototypes including two twin-seaters in rapid succession between 2021 and 2023.

Some noted it was as fast as COMAC flying 6 prototypes of the C919 between 2017 and 2019.

Koreans have passed the Japanese in aerospace. Much respect from China!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

According to the cartoon rumor mill, the first J-20B with two WS-15s had flown at 3:35PM, June 29th, 2023

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Possibly the video of this epochal event!!!

Rumor that the twin WS-15s were on this: J-20B no. 2052!!!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

This is supposedly from a video clip where the number "15" was actually shown on the red banner:

 

[SexyChineseLady]

A simply Epic event echoing across Eurasia:

 

[KurtisBrian]

Taiwan/Chinese Taipei (whichever) navy has taken delivery of a locally built Amphibious Assault ship.

https://militaryleak.com/2023/06/25...us-assault-ship-yu-shan-officially-delivered/

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[rockdog]

Taiwan/Chinese Taipei (whichever) navy has taken delivery of a locally built Amphibious Assault ship.

https://militaryleak.com/2023/06/25...us-assault-ship-yu-shan-officially-delivered/

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TW has biggest islands in SCS before mainland seeded 7 articifical islands.

 

[SexyChineseLady]

This will put a crimp into the production of AESA radars everywhere (outside China and Russia.)

 

[rockdog]

This will put a crimp into the production of AESA radars everywhere (outside China and Russia.)

Good news is out China there still 5% productivities.



Bad news is the 2nd and 3rd are Russia and Ukrine ...

 

[indiatester]

According to the cartoon rumor mill, the first J-20B with two WS-15s had flown at 3:35PM, June 29th, 2023

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A superb achievement!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

A superb achievement!

Many years in the coming! It began in 1990s around the same time the WS-10 started flying. It was a clean sheet design in contrast to the WS-10's CFM56 origins. Western pundits for years question whether the WS-15 was even real! It made little sense to have an engine in the same class while China only began tackling the WS-10 with its many teething issues.

But WS-15 as a new Chinese design was able to incorporate advancements made by the Chinese industry in building the WS-10. When the WS-15 core was ignite successfully ignited in 2005/2006, the WS-10 was only just started to be tested on J-11 testbeds!

WS-10/WS-15 projects gave China confidence to run multiple projects nearly simultaneously with conservative and more aspirational objectives. We see the same in the WS-13 and WS-19 medium engines

 

[ym888]

Many years in the coming! It began in 1990s around the same time the WS-10 started flying. It was a clean sheet design in contrast to the WS-10's CFM56 origins. Western pundits for years question whether the WS-15 was even real! It made little sense to have an engine in the same class while China only began tackling the WS-10 with its many teething issues.

But WS-15 as a new Chinese design was able to incorporate advancements made by the Chinese industry in building the WS-10. When the WS-15 core was ignite successfully ignited in 2005/2006, the WS-10 was only just started to be tested on J-11 testbeds!

WS-10/WS-15 projects gave China confidence to run multiple projects nearly simultaneously with conservative and more aspirational objectives. We see the same in the WS-13 and WS-19 medium engines

The launch of WS-15 was not a surprise,

It was already a success when it first appeared in official media statements, if you know China's official media release practices.

Now the focus is on the H20 and sixth generation fighters

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Interesting relevation about the J-20 twinseater. It was a private project from Chengdu not a sanctioned (officially funded) project from the PLAAF. This is like the FC-31/J-35 from Shenyang. China's aircraft firms are beginning to anticipate future requirements and experimenting with major design and production models without waiting for orders (and funding.)

There are now multiple projects like this at all of the aircraft producers -- Chengdu, Shenyang, Sha'anxi, Xian, Guizhou, Hongdu.

This was done in the past like the Q-5 from Nanchang (now part of Hongdu.) But the scale is very different now because the aircraft industry has reached a critical mass where there is enough profit from sales that they can design and build prototypes without official funding.

There is J-16 AI prototype that is privately funded by Shenyang


J-20S/B

FC-31

Q-5

 

[SexyChineseLady]

This is quite funny! China has 200 times the shipbuilding capacity as the US according to American intel:

 

[SexyChineseLady]

J-20 with WS-10C might be built at the rate of over 100 per year.

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Gripen, J-10, Saab 340 ERIEYE, KJ-500, Alpha Jet, JH-7 all in one exercise in Thailand:

 

[SexyChineseLady]

From Changchun air show! YY-20, J-20s and J-16s!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Changchun: JL-9!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Changchun Airshow!

 

[Soldier355]

China's Twin Tailed Scorpion UAV attack, review. The Chinese army has published footage of exercises with the use of airborne weapons by the Twin Tailed Scorpion A strike UAV. The Tengden TW 328-A drone is an enlarged version of the TB001 UAV, the drone has added a third engine and has a maximum takeoff weight of 3250 kg. The UAV has seven hardpoints, three of which are triple or double. The UAV uses an extensive arsenal of missiles and bombs, including the TL-2 air-to-ground missile, FT-9 and LS-6-50 precision bombs, Blue Arrow 7 and Blue Arrow 11A anti-tank missiles, GB laser-guided bomb -25 and the YZ-102A bomb. The maximum flight range of Twin Tailed Scorpion A is 6000 km, autonomy is 35 hours, service ceiling is 8000 meters. Communication range - up to 3000 km when using satellite data transmission channels.