Two days ago, the official officially announced the flight scenes of the "Attack 11" of the J-20 fifth-generation stealth fighter and its unmanned wingman, which means that in the future, the J-20 fighter will not only operate in multiple formations, but will also operate in concert with the Attack 11 drone, both of which will give full play to their respective advantages and jointly enhance the air force's long-range combat capabilities. Then the Air Force's J20 has loyal wingman. Does also mean that the attack-11 will also be on the aircraft carrier , and will become the naval version of the "loyal wingman" of the Navy's J15T and J35 fighter jets?
J20+ Attack 11 also takes into account air control, ground and electronic combat
J20 is the fifth generation stealth fighter independently developed by my country. Although the duck aerodynamic layout gives the J20 super air combat combat capability, the super large fuselage gives it its ultra-long combat range, the super large built-in bomb bay gives it greater weapon loading capability, and the advanced avionics gives it its super battlefield information perception ability. However, as a fifth-generation twin-engine single-seat fighter, the pilot's energy is limited no matter how advanced the performance of the fighter is. Especially for the J-20, while its super-maneuverable air combat, the pilot not only needs to fly the fighter to complete various super-difficulty air combat maneuvering actions, but also needs to complete the enemy aircraft aiming and weapon launching processes, which requires very high human-machine cooperation among pilots.
Especially for the J-20 with ultra-long range, the combat performance of a fighter is limited after all. The simultaneous deployment of multiple J-20s will increase the difficulty of penetration and flight combat costs. Therefore, the J-20S two-seater fighter that appeared earlier appeared to solve the J-20's future battlefield multi-tasking operations. For example, in future wars, the flight of the J20S is carried out by the front seat, and the rear cabin is responsible for various subsystem control tasks, such as loyal wingman, weapon use, electronic confrontation, and acting as a small early warning aircraft, for air command.
Especially for the J-20S, with the premise of its advanced avionics advantages, after partnering with multiple drones to form a loyal wingman, these drones distributed nearby airspace can not only obtain more battlefield information more widely, but also improve their hidden attack combat capabilities. Especially when encountering attack targets with very concentrated ground air defense weapons, even if their stealth ability is outstanding, it cannot fully guarantee that they can retreat safely after attack. Then this special combat mission with very high threat level can be handed over to the Attack 11 drone. After all, the Attack-11 drone also has its natural stealth penetration capability.
And for the J20S, for stealth needs, the J20, like other fifth-generation fighter , adopts a built-in weapon bomb bay design, which makes its missile load significantly lower than fourth-generation fighter , J16 and other , but for stealth needs, external missile systems cannot be mounted at will. If you face an earth-to-sea attack mission, it is simply difficult to complete the combat mission.
But if the J-20S partnered with the attack 11 drone, the attack 11's natural flying wing aerodynamic layout not only gives it excellent stealth performance and greater takeoff weight advantages, but also has a larger space inside the fuselage, which also allows the Attack-11 to set at least two built-in bomb bays with larger internal space, so that the Attack-11 can mount large-size air-to-ground missile that the J-20 cannot mount, and perform ground combat missions. At the same time, electronic pods can be mounted in the built-in bullet bay to complete special combat tasks such as reconnaissance or electromagnetic development. Taking the J-20's comprehensive combat strength to a new level.
J-20 partnered with the "Attack-11 Wingman", why should the attack 11 be on the ship?
Since the Air Force's fifth-generation fighter jets have partnered with drones to enhance their future combat strength, the J-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter that the Navy is about to board the ship must also be equipped with unmanned wingmen to further enhance its naval and air combat strength. This answer is actually just one of the reasons why the attack-11 must be boarded.
In fact, letting the attack-11 be launched has an absolute advantage in enhancing the comprehensive combat strength of naval aircraft carriers. After all, in addition to being able to fill the problem of limited space in the J-35 with the same built-in bomb bay, the biggest advantage of the attack-11 drone is that as a drone, the attack-11 is similar to the J-35 in terms of missile load, flight range, and other aspects, but while the combat capabilities against ground and anti-ships are similar, the entire fuselage size of the Attack-11 is definitely much smaller than that of the J-35.
And aircraft carriers are worth every inch of land, in the history of the development of the U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft , they would rather choose the small size and large number of F-18 carrier-based aircraft, and insist on retirement of the F-14 heavy carrier-based aircraft with large take-off weight, long flight range and strong air combat combat capabilities. This is because more of the comprehensive combat strength exerted by the F-18 are much greater than the comprehensive combat strength exerted by the limited number of F-14. For the J-35, if its own size is properly controlled, if it can give it a partner to the ground-based anti-ship performance, or even surpass itself, but the attack-11 drone with a smaller area than its own will inevitably enhance the comprehensive combat strength of the naval aircraft carrier battle group's long-range air control and anti-ship to the ground.
solved the attack-11 on board, and the 076 ejection attack ship appeared.
With the appearance of the Navy's USS Fujian electromagnetic catapult aircraft carrier and the J-35 stealth carrier-based fighter aircraft and the Air Police 600 fixed-wing carrier-based early warning aircraft, the comprehensive combat strength of the Chinese Navy aircraft carrier battle group is enough to directly fight against the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
However, the aircraft carrier problem has been solved. The Navy's current batch-mounted 075 amphibious assault ship still lacks fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft, but it has not been solved. The J-35's dual-engine design has been destined to be impossible to derive a vertical take-off and landing version like F35B, and the vertical take-off and landing of F35B has been very useless in improving combat performance, and our army is unlikely to take this path.
That is, for the Navy, if the Attack-11 drone can land on the Shanghai Army aircraft carrier and become a carrier-based drone attack aircraft, the previously guessed 076 amphibious catapult attack ship can appear.
It is based on the hull platform of the 075 amphibious assault ship, and after the domestic electromagnetic catapult and medium voltage DC integrated power system equipped with the Fujian aircraft carrier, the 076 amphibious assault ship has the ability to carry fixed-wing carrier-based aircraft. , especially for 076, which has smaller deck and hangar space, the attack-11 has a smaller volume, but has a large take-off weight and a long flight range. Choosing to board the attack-11 to become a carrier-based aircraft of 076 is definitely the best choice, and it can even be said to be the "best configuration" of 1+13.
