Recently, the "People's Navy" released the latest naval promotional video, which shows a special fighter plane: from the appearance, it seems to be our country's J-15 carrier-based aircraft, but it is different from the general J-15 What's interesting is that this fighter's nose radome does not have a pointed airspeed tube, and the front landing gear door has been replaced with a double door on both sides from the J-15's single door.
As the saying goes, a layman only sees the excitement and an expert sees the door. In the view of the squad leader, this aircraft is not simple. It is most likely the newly developed new catapult carrier-based aircraft in our country - the J-15B. Its appearance in the promotional video released by the "People's Navy" also shows that its official service is approaching. Compared with other aircraft carrier-based fighter jets in the world, the J-15B will be a heavyweight player, and its significance to the Chinese Navy is even No less than the J-20 is to the Air Force.
F35C carrier-based aircraft
At this stage, there are 5 fixed-wing carrier-based fighter jets in the world: the American F-35C and F-18, the Chinese J-15, Russia's Su-33 and MiG-29K, as well as vertical/short takeoff and landing carrier-based aircraft such as F-35B and AV-8, are not discussed together because their performance is too different from the top five. The Americans' aircraft carrier technology and experience have been unparalleled in the world for decades. The F-35C and F-18 combination they currently use represents the development direction of future aircraft carrier-based aircraft.
Some people ask why the F-35C is not used to completely replace the F-18. That is because they have their own division of labor. The former is responsible for using their stealth expertise to clear out air threats and important air defense nodes of the opponent, and then a large number of F-18s are fully loaded. Bombs can be used to clear out the remaining enemies, or the F-35C can be deployed forward to detect the location of the opponent's air target, while the F-18 behind it can launch medium- and long-range air-to-air missiles to attack, etc. In layman's terms, the F-35C does high-end work, and the F-18 acts as a "coolie". The Chinese aircraft carrier is also building its own carrier-based aircraft combination, namely the J-35 and J-15B.
The J-35 carrier-based aircraft is currently undergoing test flights
The J-35 is my country’s second stealth fighter. It was specially developed for my country’s aircraft carriers and has become a military aircraft carrier since its debut. The focus of fans is that its technical level and combat positioning are no different from the F-35C. In the view of the squad leader, the core comparison between Chinese and American aircraft carrier-based aircraft is the contest between the J-15B and the F-18. Judging from the current situation, our main carrier-based aircraft, the J-15, is far from meeting the requirements for competing with American aircraft carrier-based aircraft. The main reason is that the aircraft carrier limits its true combat effectiveness.
Everyone knows that the prototype of the J-15 is the Russian Su-27 fighter. As a heavy-duty twin-engine fighter, its maximum take-off weight exceeds 30 tons, and its fuel carrying capacity is the same as that of an F-16. The empty weight is similar, and even the maximum bomb load of the basic model exceeds 7 tons. What's even more valuable is that as a heavy fighter, the Su-27 still retains the best maneuverability. This is why our country introduced it at all costs (at that time, the cost of introducing the Su-27 exceeded our country's total investment in the aviation industry since the founding of the People's Republic of my country). investment).
The standard mounts of the J-15 are too few for a heavy fighter
But after being converted into a carrier-based J-15, the Su-27 is proud of However, the advantage of heavy aircraft has been "castrated". This is because the aircraft carrier deck is small, and heavy fighters must reduce their weight if they want to take off from the aircraft carrier. (Of course, they can also take off from the farthest take-off point with the maximum take-off weight, but that will greatly affect the aircraft carrier. Takeoff and landing efficiency), most of the time, the J-15 can only exert 70% or even 50% of its full combat power. However, all this has completely changed with the emergence of the "Fujian" aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults.
No one knows what kind of combat power the J-15 with the blessing of a catapult can unleash, because no one has tried it, including Russia. The J-15B is like a peerless beast in a cage. , waiting for the moment when the "Fujian" completely releases it, it will make a roar that shocks the entire ocean. It is no exaggeration to say that the J-15B will become the carrier-based aircraft with the strongest comprehensive combat capabilities. Its combat power will be 3-5 times or more than that of the current J-15. With the catapult and phased array radar, Blessings, the J-15B is definitely worth looking forward to.
This computer CG picture is missing only one protagonist
After all, this ocean and this world in the future cannot be the stage of one country. What the United States can do, China can do, too. What the United States cannot do, we can do in the future too! Because our journey is the stars and the sea!