China Military News & Updates

[SexyChineseLady]

Can anyone comment on PLAN's experience with Su-33?
Is PLAN facing same issues as IN with Mig-29?
If yes, how is PLAN addressing this issues and if now how PLAN managed to avoid this issues.

Well, the Liaoning and Shandong carriers have been very busy with both being continuously at sea. The Taiwanese military had tracked over 70 tours for the Liaoning while the Shandong was in a major operational cruise in the South China Sea just in September (see my post above)!

Both ships operate the J-15 exclusively for fast jets so the availability must be pretty high to support the cadence for such a large number of cruises -- around 7 times per year per ship.

And because China has no training aircraft with tailhooks so far, all J-15s also operate heavily from land for training new recruits too when they are not at sea.

The best estimates show probably about 63 or so J-15s in service:

Split between two ships (we have seen 24 on deck with an undetermined amount in the hangar) and training duty on land, these planes are used constantly.

If you want to compare with the MIG29K you can post about the operational cruises they do per year on Indian carriers and see the differences. For China's beginner carrier plane, the J-15 has performed very well.

Read this for more in depth look into the J-15's record:

It’s Time to Talk About J-15, China’s First Carrierborne Fighter

Rumors of the J-15’s unreliability have been greatly exaggerated.

thediplomat.com

 

[SexyChineseLady]

The J-15 is not exactly the SU-33 because China never had their hands on an actually SU-33. They did get a prototype from Ukraine called T-10K. The T-10K is basically an aerodynamic blank sheet for SAC to build off of with their J-11 production lines. J-15 is literally a version of the J-11 -- one of multiple Flanker types produced by SAC.

The insides of the J-15 would be very different from the SU-33.

I would think the biggest difference between the J-15 and MiG-29K impacting reliability would be that the parts for the J-15 would all come from the host country while India would need parts to be shipped from Russia.

Also because the J-15 is part of existing production lines located in China, it is probably easier for the PLAN to feedback to SAC and to request changes or improvements.

There are already multiple variants of J-15 which I have not seen from the MIG29K. This shows that the J-15 is well liked and has a future even after the J-35 comes aboard.


J-15B(or T) catapult version:

J-15S (two seater):

J-15D (EW) -- you can tell the difference from the J-15S by the large wingtip pods:

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Women on the Liaoning. Besides the ladies, there are great footage of deck ops day and night!

Some details spoken in passing are fantastic!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

New AEW helo Z-18JA variant on the Liaoning!

 

[rockdog]

launching satte from space station

 

[Love Charger]

launching satte from space station

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Can you fulfill my one wish ?
Do post type of artillery ammunition used by PLA, not guns only ammunition
152, 155 , 122. All types please

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Can you fulfill my one wish ?
Do post type of artillery ammunition used by PLA, not guns only ammunition
152, 155 , 122. All types please

List of equipment of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Look under artillery.

 

[SexyChineseLady]

CV-16 Liaoning is at sea again:

 

[DumbPilot]

VT4. MGs at the rear

 

[SexyChineseLady]

From Japanese modeler: https://mobile.twitter.com/jFj9bF5Nv4seSOA

Wow!!!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Trumpeter from China makes some incredible kits!

 

[rockdog]

Trumpeter from China makes some incredible kits!

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I m big fan of this brand for decades.

 

[SexyChineseLady]

I m big fan of this brand for decades.

Trumpeter is most well-known Chinese brand among Western modelers but more are coming to the forefront with enthusiasts selling them on EBay like Bronco Models and this CV-18 model!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

You can rent a room at a carrier in China!

(This is the Indian carrier Vikramaditya's sister ship Kiev!)

 

[Soldier355]

China showed its version of a military dog robot with a combat system installed at the Airshow China-2022 in Zhuhai, there are no details about the combat robot yet.

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Zhuhai Airshow display reveals info on China’s J-20, J-16 inventory

The presence of J-20s on static display at the show has allowed photographers to obtain better resolution images of the aircraft than previously possible.

www.defensenews.com

China has at least 200 stealthy J-20 fighters and more than 240 J-16 multirole strike aircraft in service, based on analysis of construction numbers painted on the jets by a Chinese military aviation expert.

Andreas Rupprecht, who has authored several books on China’s military aviation industry and the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, told Defense News that based on the construction numbers seen on the jets at the Zhuhai Airshow, there have been four production batches of the J-20 and 11 batches of J-16s.

 

[rockdog]

 

[SexyChineseLady]

After first flight only in 2013, the Z-20 has spread throughout the services -- Navy, Air Force, Army and Armed Police!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

According to a Taiwanese article:

In three days, over 100 US military planes and 300 Chinese ones tailed and intercepted one another around Taiwan

Translated:

時論廣場》美中戰機台海摸底 國安要有對策（張延廷） - 時論廣場

美中軍機日前在台灣東部海域上空展開全天候對抗，而且連續3天，美軍派出逾100架次戰機測試中共輪戰能力，中共則派出300多架次升空應對，由於雙方派遣架次甚多，我方雖全程監控掌握，但也只能作壁上觀的角色。而且此

www-chinatimes-com.translate.goog

The U.S. and Chinese military planes have launched an all-weather confrontation over the eastern waters of Taiwan. For three consecutive days, the U.S. military sent more than 100 fighter planes to test the CCP’s ability to fight in rounds, while the CCP sent more than 300 sorties to respond. The whole process is monitored and mastered, but it can only be used as a sideline role. Moreover, this aerial dynamic has highlighted the importance of the strategic position of the East China Sea and northern Taiwan airspace under the military rivalry between the United States and China, and even further affects the defense deployment of the "US-Japan alliance" military structure.

At present, the situation of the front navy has become more serious than before, and it has also caused the military aircraft of various countries to operate in the airspace of the Taiwan Strait very frequently, and there are many sorties, including advanced fighter aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, reconnaissance aircraft, electronic reconnaissance aircraft, anti-submarine aircraft and other types of aircraft. is an upward trend. Moreover, the military planes dispatched by the U.S. military have not only taken off from the U.S. military base in Japan, but some have taken off from the Anderson Air Force Base in Guam. They have undergone aerial refueling procedures to strengthen the ability of long-range cross-regional maneuver reinforcements, and use this to test the CCP’s ability to respond.

 

[Soldier355]

At the Airshow China 2022 exhibition, a promo video of the Chinese strike UAV CH4 was shown. In general, the amount shown at the exhibition is impressive, we will talk about some of the presented. UAV CH-4 has huge dimensions, length 8.5 meters, wingspan 18 meters. The drone is produced in two versions - the CH-4A reconnaissance vehicle with a flight duration of up to 30 hours and the CH-4V attack vehicle, capable of carrying up to 350 kg of combat load on four external suspension units. There is also a version of the CH-4C drone. The maximum flight altitude of the drone is 8000 meters. Flight speed up to 220 km/h. The drone is equipped with a piston engine.