There are procedures to be followed. China is definitely not India. You don't have carrier experience.
Also, I did agree with your date. Didn't I tell you I read somewhere that the J-15 will be inducted in 2016? It fits right in with your 2015-2017. Does it not?
But by the time you have your aircraft achieve FOC and raise the first regiment, it will be 2020, maybe even more.
I am pretty sure you will agree to this now.
I just made some points in J20 thread...I would like to add something more here and I thought this was better place to go on...
the timeline of 'CV16 Project' has been decided years ago the it was public in our media...CV16 was commissioned in 2012.
in 5 years(which means by 2017) of this first node time , the whole
CVBG should get the full combat ability. and the J15 regiment would achieve the FOC before this node time(2017). the first J15 unit has been raised called as "shipboard aircraft training base XXX regement'...and as I said in J20 thread...the second batch (LSP) of J15 have been under manufacture for months.and the test flight went on for quite a while.
if you have any doubt about the Chinese Aviation Industry and PLA's Executive Ability of the plans...I would list the following fresh example for reference.
J20 project: the node time of maiden flight used to be By the end of 2010. just 11 days late.
Y20 prject: the node time of maiden flight used to be By the end of the third quarter of year 2012 , but it had a 4 months delay.
You didn't get the point. You are flight testing your J-15 and J-20 now. So, my point is if you have the J-20 flying, why do you need J-11B which is in production. You were the one who claimed, that your J-15 is flying now, so why would you need Su-33. Do you get the point now?
J-15 and J-20 seem to have similar flight timelines. J-11B is in production and the Su-33 can also be put into production fairly quickly. So you were trying to discredit production aircraft in favor of development aircraft. This was my point.
unlike IN ,PLAN always has the Land based fighter units since the first day of establishment in 1950s...some units got quite a few Shot down records in the Homeland air defense between 1950s and 1970S along with the PLAAF...
so far PLANAF has: 1 J11B ,1 J10A ,1 Su30MKK, 2 J8 H/F ,1 J7B/EH regiments ...an about 180 Shore Based Fighters fleet...and as I know, the last batch of J11B will go to PLANAF to relace the last J7 regiment.this process has begun.
and on the other hand. the shipboard aircraft units actually are
brand new units raised already...
J20 is the AirForct project,J15 is navy's although the timelines look similar...and I'm hesitating to say this: the 4th Generarion(5th Gen in your standard) Shipboard Fighter Project has started since
2007 along with the Project J20...we might be able to see in this year...don't be surprise when you see it coming from another R&D team ...Project310/AMF/J21 is some kind of disrupter,let's wait and see how far this project could go
the J15 is a interim measures indeed
That's the point. Don't kid yourself. Your J-15 is still far from fighting a war. A few touch and go flights don't mean anything.
the J-15 share the same tech with J11B project...I don't think there is too much worry about its fighting abilities...the landing ability on the sea is the KEY.
Su-27K is the Russian military version of the Su-33. Su-33 is the export name. You said the Su-33 isn't advanced, I pointed out the Russians can upgrade it for export. After all PLAN did negotiate for it.
I'm afraid RN use the Su33 designation as well...BTW ,what we had in hand is a T-10K. the prototype of Su33(Su27K) ...and it might be PT03
about topic like A VS B ,I used to choose keep slient...and it's just some kind of waist of time. but I would add some info about J15
1.the
WS10H engine would supply 12.5 tons thrust and 12.8 tons for Take Off.
2.J15 might be the only fighter use the
PESA radar in China (some varient of the one tested on one of the J10B Prototype)...
3.other avionics would be very similar to J11B.
You don't get it. PLAN failed at buying the Su-33s. It wasn't PLAN who rejected the Su-33s, it was the Russians who canceled the deal.
we got the T10K-03
in around 2001 ,and the Poject J15 began then after...such russian claimed deal never happened...