In the past decade, the level of modernization of the People's Liberation Army has been greatly improved. Especially the two branches of the Chinese Navy and the Chinese Air Force, which are highly dependent on technology and equipment, have attracted the attention of the United States. At present, many American media have begun to use the number of ships as the measure, calling the Chinese Navy the world's largest navy. Recently, the US Military Review website has also begun to praise the achievements of the Chinese Air Force, believing that the Chinese Air Force is already one of the most modern air combat forces in the world.
US media said that most of the jet fighter of the Chinese Air Force and the Chinese Navy Air Force were produced after 2000. Moreover, as China's overall economic level continues to improve, this situation becomes more and more obvious. Since 2016, China has become the only country except the United States to mass-produce and equip the fifth-generation stealth fighter. The J-20 stealth fighter is equipped with the Chinese Air Force on a "squadronized" scale, bringing obvious combat pressure to the US Air Force.
Although the Chinese Air Force is still equipped with many J-7 series fighters and J-8 series fighters, the fuselages of these J-7 fighters and J-8 fighters were all newly built in the 21st century. For example, the production line of the J-7 fighter was not completely closed until 2013, which allowed many J-7 fighters that were produced later to use the avionics and weapon systems of some fourth-generation fighters. Even in modern air combat, these J-7 fighters equipped by the Chinese Air Force can still play a certain role.
J-7G cockpit
Of course, the production line of the J-7 fighter was not closed until 2013, which is also related to the fact that the Chinese Air Force equipped the fourth-generation fighter later. Before the J-10A fighter designed by China was officially put into service, the fourth-generation fighter of the Chinese Air Force was mainly the Su-27SK fighter imported from Russia. Russia initially only planned to export the MiG-29 fighter to China, but after China's continuous efforts, the Su-27SK fighter finally entered China and became China's heaviest, most combat-effective and most advanced fourth-generation fighter at that time.
China is not satisfied with importing Su-27SK fighter jets from Russia alone. Soon, China obtained the qualification to produce Su-27SK fighter jets in China and named it the J-11A fighter jet. There are many different versions of the J-11A fighter. Through the technology and experience accumulated on the J-11A fighter, China finally launched the J-11B fighter , which has a stronger overall technical level.
J-11B fighter has been officially put into service in the Chinese Air Force around 2007 and has used more advanced avionics equipment. The increase in the proportion of composite has allowed the J-11B fighter to increase the structural strength while its fuselage weight is slightly reduced. The use of PL-12 medium-range air-to-air missiles and China's domestically produced airborne electronic warfare system has left the Su-27SK fighter far behind.
J-11B
Although according to relevant Chinese official reports, China has also made minor upgrades to the Su-27SK fighter jets imported from Russia. However, due to the limitations of the original airframe structure, the old radar system and the R-27 air-to-air missile , which gradually outdated performance, the Su-27SK fighter has become the fourth-generation jet fighter with the worst performance in the Chinese Air Force. The Chinese Air Force is currently equipping a large number of PL-15 medium-range air-to-air missiles and PL-10 fighting air-to-air missiles. It is one of the best air-to-air missiles in the world. It cooperates with the airborne active phased array radars widely used by the Chinese Air Force, and can exert its over-visual-range air combat capabilities that amazed the air forces of all countries.
Su-27UBK combat/trainer
Previously, Belarus has retired its Su-27SK fighter jet, and China will become the second country in the world to retire the Su-27SK fighter jet after Belarus. China has imported a total of 36 Su-27SK fighter jets and 40 Su-27UBK combat/trainer jets from Russia. Even if all 36 Su-27SK fighter jets are retired, the current impact on the Chinese Air Force is not very large.
This news has also attracted the attention of many people in China, some of whom believe that although for the Chinese Air Force, the performance of the Su-27SK fighter is no longer enough. However, for the North Korean Air Force, which is still holding the early version of the MiG-29 fighter jets, if China is willing to retire these 36 Su-27SK fighters and give them to the North Korean Air Force for free, it will be able to effectively improve the North Korean Air Force's ability to deal with US and South Korea's military provocations.
However, I personally believe that the North Korean Air Force does not want these 36 Su-27SK fighters from China at present. Even if you really get it, the North Korean Air Force may not be able to play.
When the Su-27SK fighter was introduced in the 1990s, the Chinese Air Force also had high hopes for the Su-27SK fighter. Although the Su-27SK fighter was stronger than the most advanced J-8 series fighter in China at that time, it did not form a significant air advantage for the US military. According to the US military's own records during the Taiwan Strait crisis in 1996, two US F-14 Tomcat fighters had tracked four Chinese Air Force Su-27SK fighters for a long time and were not discovered.
Let’s not talk about whether the US military’s airborne is true. Judging from China’s subsequent reactions, we are also dissatisfied with the performance of the Su-27SK fighter. The most typical example is that after assembling 105 J-11A fighter jets (Su-27SK fighter jets assembled from incoming materials), China stopped the operation to continue importing the remaining 95 Su-27SK fighter spare parts assembly and production from Russia. As compensation for Russia, China instead imported 76 Su-30MKK fighters from Russia and subsequently ordered 24 Su-30MK2 fighters.
Su-30MKK fighter equipped by the Chinese Air Force
The reason why China made such adjustments was to find that the overall performance of the Su-27SK fighter did not have an advantage compared with the mainstream fourth-generation fighter jets in the world at that time, such as the US F-15C/D fighter jets. The semi-active radar air-to-air missiles such as R-27 are highly dependent on the guidance of airborne radars, but the N001 "reverse card" radar equipped by the Su-27SK fighter not only has poor multi-target combat capabilities, but also has only a 60-degree viewing angle and no downward vision ability. In the ultra-visual air combat, if the nose of the Su-27SK does not lock the opponent firmly in the field of view of its own radar , the launched R-27 air-to-air missile will directly lose the target.
Some of China's subsequent J-11A fighter jets have actually begun to install domestic equipment to improve combat performance. For example, the J-11A MLU fighter is equipped with domestic airborne processors and radar warning system and other equipment, greatly improving combat capabilities. If the North Korean Air Force really wants the "Flanker" series of fighters that the Chinese Air Force has retired, it will also choose the J-11A MLU fighter instead of the early Su-27SK fighter jets imported from Russia.
J-11A MLU, the radar warning device
is in the red circle. Since the J-11B fighter, the relationship between the "Chinese Flanker" and the original Russian "Flanker" has weakened rapidly. The installation of the 1553B data bus, all-vitrified cockpit and domestic Doppler fire control radar, as well as the use of large-scale composite materials, gives the J-11B fighter a distinct Chinese characteristic. Russia once planned to prevent China from producing J-11B fighter jets in the name of infringement of intellectual property rights. After visiting the J-11B fighter jet, Russian experts who came to China found that if they really sued, Russia would not have the advantage, and eventually gave up the action.
The avionics system of the early Su-27s was not good
, and the 36 Su-27SK fighter jets imported by China in the early days were of great use and their body life was basically exhausted. Even if Zhongzhong overhauled it before giving it free, it was actually impossible to use it for long. For the North Korean Air Force, the cost-effectiveness is not high.
Finally, it is the use of the Su-27SK fighter. While introducing the Su-27SK fighter jet, the then Linhu General once planned to import only one "mobile" battle-level command automation system from Ukraine, but it was not successful in the end.As a result, due to the lack of a modern automated command system, the Chinese Air Force at that time had to command the Su-27SK fighter jets in the way that originally commanded the J-7 and J-8 fighters. For a long time, even the combat effectiveness of the Su-27SK was unable to fully exert.
Does the North Korean Air Force have a modern automated command system? Judging from the fact that the North Korean Air Force did not arrange more complex emergency responses in its previous large-scale air operations, but carried out flight patrols step by step, the North Korean Air Force currently does not have a modern automated command system that can adapt to the Su-27SK fighter jets, and it is impossible to play with the Su-27SK fighter jets.
Interestingly, a Su-27 fighter and a bunch of Chinese domestic drones were found in a drone airport in China. Considering that the Su-27 fighter is rarely deployed on a single plane, coupled with a large number of drones around it, it is inferred that it may be the "Su-27" drone.
For China, the maneuverability of the "Su-27 drone" is stronger than that of the drone modified with the J-7 fighter, and can play a greater role. It is indeed a good idea to convert the retired Su-27SK fighter jet of the Chinese Air Force into a drone.
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This news has also attracted the attention of many people in China, some of whom believe that although for the Chinese Air Force, the performance of the Su-27SK fighter is no longer enough. However, for the North Korean Air Force, which is still holding the early version of the MiG-29 fighter jets, if China is willing to retire these 36 Su-27SK fighters and give them to the North Korean Air Force for free, it will be able to effectively improve the North Korean Air Force's ability to deal with US and South Korea's military provocations.
However, I personally believe that the North Korean Air Force does not want these 36 Su-27SK fighters from China at present. Even if you really get it, the North Korean Air Force may not be able to play.
When the Su-27SK fighter was introduced in the 1990s, the Chinese Air Force also had high hopes for the Su-27SK fighter. Although the Su-27SK fighter was stronger than the most advanced J-8 series fighter in China at that time, it did not form a significant air advantage for the US military. According to the US military's own records during the Taiwan Strait crisis in 1996, two US F-14 Tomcat fighters had tracked four Chinese Air Force Su-27SK fighters for a long time and were not discovered.
Let’s not talk about whether the US military’s airborne is true. Judging from China’s subsequent reactions, we are also dissatisfied with the performance of the Su-27SK fighter. The most typical example is that after assembling 105 J-11A fighter jets (Su-27SK fighter jets assembled from incoming materials), China stopped the operation to continue importing the remaining 95 Su-27SK fighter spare parts assembly and production from Russia. As compensation for Russia, China instead imported 76 Su-30MKK fighters from Russia and subsequently ordered 24 Su-30MK2 fighters.
Su-30MKK fighter equipped by the Chinese Air Force
The reason why China made such adjustments was to find that the overall performance of the Su-27SK fighter did not have an advantage compared with the mainstream fourth-generation fighter jets in the world at that time, such as the US F-15C/D fighter jets. The semi-active radar air-to-air missiles such as R-27 are highly dependent on the guidance of airborne radars, but the N001 "reverse card" radar equipped by the Su-27SK fighter not only has poor multi-target combat capabilities, but also has only a 60-degree viewing angle and no downward vision ability. In the ultra-visual air combat, if the nose of the Su-27SK does not lock the opponent firmly in the field of view of its own radar , the launched R-27 air-to-air missile will directly lose the target.
Some of China's subsequent J-11A fighter jets have actually begun to install domestic equipment to improve combat performance. For example, the J-11A MLU fighter is equipped with domestic airborne processors and radar warning system and other equipment, greatly improving combat capabilities. If the North Korean Air Force really wants the "Flanker" series of fighters that the Chinese Air Force has retired, it will also choose the J-11A MLU fighter instead of the early Su-27SK fighter jets imported from Russia.
J-11A MLU, the radar warning device
is in the red circle. Since the J-11B fighter, the relationship between the "Chinese Flanker" and the original Russian "Flanker" has weakened rapidly. The installation of the 1553B data bus, all-vitrified cockpit and domestic Doppler fire control radar, as well as the use of large-scale composite materials, gives the J-11B fighter a distinct Chinese characteristic. Russia once planned to prevent China from producing J-11B fighter jets in the name of infringement of intellectual property rights. After visiting the J-11B fighter jet, Russian experts who came to China found that if they really sued, Russia would not have the advantage, and eventually gave up the action.
The avionics system of the early Su-27s was not good
, and the 36 Su-27SK fighter jets imported by China in the early days were of great use and their body life was basically exhausted. Even if Zhongzhong overhauled it before giving it free, it was actually impossible to use it for long. For the North Korean Air Force, the cost-effectiveness is not high.
Finally, it is the use of the Su-27SK fighter. While introducing the Su-27SK fighter jet, the then Linhu General once planned to import only one "mobile" battle-level command automation system from Ukraine, but it was not successful in the end.As a result, due to the lack of a modern automated command system, the Chinese Air Force at that time had to command the Su-27SK fighter jets in the way that originally commanded the J-7 and J-8 fighters. For a long time, even the combat effectiveness of the Su-27SK was unable to fully exert.
Does the North Korean Air Force have a modern automated command system? Judging from the fact that the North Korean Air Force did not arrange more complex emergency responses in its previous large-scale air operations, but carried out flight patrols step by step, the North Korean Air Force currently does not have a modern automated command system that can adapt to the Su-27SK fighter jets, and it is impossible to play with the Su-27SK fighter jets.
Interestingly, a Su-27 fighter and a bunch of Chinese domestic drones were found in a drone airport in China. Considering that the Su-27 fighter is rarely deployed on a single plane, coupled with a large number of drones around it, it is inferred that it may be the "Su-27" drone.
For China, the maneuverability of the "Su-27 drone" is stronger than that of the drone modified with the J-7 fighter, and can play a greater role. It is indeed a good idea to convert the retired Su-27SK fighter jet of the Chinese Air Force into a drone.
image source on the Internet, please delete if infringement.
