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Sudden appearance of grainy images of Chinese first Stealth fighter J-20 made quite a buzz in defence forums and blogs around the world, some experts still believed at that time it to be a handiwork of Chinese Photoshop artist, but that believe quickly faded away when better high resolution images started appearing on the internet and soon first flight of the J-20 took place.
First look at Chinese J-20 and threat level to India: Aircraft seemed to be the world's first Stealthy Strike fighter aircraft (F-22 and Pak-Fa are considered Air Superiority fighter) which has been optimized for ground attack role, sheer length of the aircraft (estimated to be 60-65 feet long) suggests that, it not only can carry heavy weapons but also larger internal fuel for long range missions, PLAAF must have kept possible future conflicts in mind while working on Air staff requirement. and aircraft like J-20 will have more than 3000km in range which suggests that whole of North India along with North Eastern sector (Possible conflict Zone) will be under its range, a medium range aircraft in class of Mig-29 was good enough for possible conflicts with S Korea, Japan or even Taiwan but Chinese going for a Heavy Stealthy strike aircraft suggests the threat level India might face from this aircraft in future only goes to higher level.
Design Characters: J-20's bubble canopy and frontal air intake section resembles American F-22, but resembles disappear when you spot canards and S-Shaped DSI optimized air intake, Chinese experience on working of DSI intake for JF-17 and J-10B seems to have come handy for J-20 design .Aircraft seems to be powered by Russian Al-31F Variant or Chinese WS-15 engine which still needs to be clarified.
Possible Weakness: First flight of J-20 also reviled that aircraft did not incorporated any internal weapons bay, which aviation expert suggests that J-20 which flew was just a Technology Demonstrator aircraft and Chinese are still at least five years away from fielding a true 5th Generation fighter aircraft, another possible weakness has been with Chinese is they have struggled to operationalize their turbofan engines (Ws-10 for J-10 and Ws-13 for JF-17 are still not operational) will Ws-15 be ready to power J-20 ? Or they will have Al-31 variants? .
Impact on AMCA? : IAF wants AMCA to be a Multi-role aircraft which can switch between role of fighter aircraft and a ground attack aircraft, ADA and DRDO had suggested AMCA to be a Strike aircraft in medium weight category (20-25 tonne) but which was turned down by IAF , will Arrival of J-20 in the picture change the scenario now ? No says our Indian Aviation Defence experts Rakesh Sharma, he also adds that IAF has done a right decision to stick with fully Stealthy Multi-role aircraft rather than a Semi-stealthy Strike aircraft, he told that if AMCA had turned up has a Strike aircraft it could never had made much difference in contrast to china since due to its limited range it could only have strike options in smaller cities rather than Chinese capital Beijing. Arrival of J-20 will not have much impact on design aspect of the AMCA since ADA has been tasked with a very strict requirement lay downed by IAF's ASR (Air Staff Requirements). But since MOD will carry out a study on Chinese J-20 soon ,IAF will also be briefed on it and if IAF feels AMCA requires any changes , ADA and DRDO will be notified but it seems that J-20's arrival will have no impact on AMCA project .
http://idrw.org/?p=2400
First look at Chinese J-20 and threat level to India: Aircraft seemed to be the world's first Stealthy Strike fighter aircraft (F-22 and Pak-Fa are considered Air Superiority fighter) which has been optimized for ground attack role, sheer length of the aircraft (estimated to be 60-65 feet long) suggests that, it not only can carry heavy weapons but also larger internal fuel for long range missions, PLAAF must have kept possible future conflicts in mind while working on Air staff requirement. and aircraft like J-20 will have more than 3000km in range which suggests that whole of North India along with North Eastern sector (Possible conflict Zone) will be under its range, a medium range aircraft in class of Mig-29 was good enough for possible conflicts with S Korea, Japan or even Taiwan but Chinese going for a Heavy Stealthy strike aircraft suggests the threat level India might face from this aircraft in future only goes to higher level.
Design Characters: J-20's bubble canopy and frontal air intake section resembles American F-22, but resembles disappear when you spot canards and S-Shaped DSI optimized air intake, Chinese experience on working of DSI intake for JF-17 and J-10B seems to have come handy for J-20 design .Aircraft seems to be powered by Russian Al-31F Variant or Chinese WS-15 engine which still needs to be clarified.
Possible Weakness: First flight of J-20 also reviled that aircraft did not incorporated any internal weapons bay, which aviation expert suggests that J-20 which flew was just a Technology Demonstrator aircraft and Chinese are still at least five years away from fielding a true 5th Generation fighter aircraft, another possible weakness has been with Chinese is they have struggled to operationalize their turbofan engines (Ws-10 for J-10 and Ws-13 for JF-17 are still not operational) will Ws-15 be ready to power J-20 ? Or they will have Al-31 variants? .
Impact on AMCA? : IAF wants AMCA to be a Multi-role aircraft which can switch between role of fighter aircraft and a ground attack aircraft, ADA and DRDO had suggested AMCA to be a Strike aircraft in medium weight category (20-25 tonne) but which was turned down by IAF , will Arrival of J-20 in the picture change the scenario now ? No says our Indian Aviation Defence experts Rakesh Sharma, he also adds that IAF has done a right decision to stick with fully Stealthy Multi-role aircraft rather than a Semi-stealthy Strike aircraft, he told that if AMCA had turned up has a Strike aircraft it could never had made much difference in contrast to china since due to its limited range it could only have strike options in smaller cities rather than Chinese capital Beijing. Arrival of J-20 will not have much impact on design aspect of the AMCA since ADA has been tasked with a very strict requirement lay downed by IAF's ASR (Air Staff Requirements). But since MOD will carry out a study on Chinese J-20 soon ,IAF will also be briefed on it and if IAF feels AMCA requires any changes , ADA and DRDO will be notified but it seems that J-20's arrival will have no impact on AMCA project .
http://idrw.org/?p=2400
