Although the first batch of five Rafale fighters has not yet arrived in India, some "military experts" and "military observers" in India have been unable to restrain themselves. They exaggerated the Rafale fighters, and they have already blown the Rafale fighters out of the sky. Precursor. The Indian news website published a comparative article titled "The Rafale is overall better than the F-20", and the pride of Indian netizens has instantly burst.
The article stated that, whether it is maneuverability or combat effectiveness, "the J-20 fighter lags behind the Rafale fighter." Indian military expert Abisek Bala even said: "The J-20 is called a fifth-generation aircraft, but at best it can only be regarded as a 3.5-generation aircraft, which cannot be compared with the Rafale." He also pointed out that the reason for the J-20 is a third-generation semi-fighter. It uses the same engine of the Russian Su-30.
This logic is simply dizzying. First of all, this man confused the designation standards of the fifth-generation aircraft; secondly, even if the J-20 uses the Russian-made AL-31F domestically improved engine for test flight, it has now begun to replace the turbofan-10 "Taihang" increase And vector improved version. Ten thousand steps back, the engine does not represent all the stealth fighter, even if the F-22 uses the same F100 engine as the F-15, it can still hit the F-15 in air combat.
In terms of weapon configuration, the Indian expert’s statement is even more funny: "Rafale has a wealth of mounting options, which can perform 4 tasks at a time, while the F-20 can only perform one task at a time." Maybe this Indian expert has only seen the F-20. If you want to perform ground missions, the F-20 can also be equipped with wing external pylons to perform ground attack missions, but ground attack is not the main task of the fifth-generation aircraft. This so-called comparison is also a misalignment of donkey lips. .
Similarly, Indian experts believe that the Meteor Air-to-Air Missile greatly surpasses the Pili-15, which is completely groundless. According to the current public information, the maximum range of the Meteor missile is about 150 kilometers, and the so-called "non-escape zone" is 80 kilometers. From the range data, the "Meteor" equipped with a ramjet does not have an advantage over the Pili-15. The new generation of long-range thunderbolt specially created by the J-20 can not be compared.
Moreover, the supersonic flight performance of the J-20 completely crushes the "Rafale". Even if the situational awareness advantage of the J-20 is not considered, and the "Rafale" is cheated to launch missiles at the same time, then the J-20 can also give more missiles. High initial velocity, larger shooting envelope, thereby further expanding the advantage.
In terms of stealth, not to mention, although the J-20 and Rafale are both duck-wing aircraft, the J-20 adopts a comprehensive and detailed stealth shape, and the structural materials of the duck wings are very elegant. The frontal radar cross-sectional area is even slightly better than F-22. The so-called stealth performance of the Rafale only relies on its small frontal shape. For this, the radar size is also sacrificed. The Rafale purchased by India is only equipped with a small aperture passive phased array radar.
The J-20 not only installs a large active phased array radar, but also has a more powerful integrated radio frequency antenna array, which can passively receive signals when the radar is not turned on. The electronic warfare capabilities are on par with F-35. It is not comparable to the "gust" generation.
Abisek Bala also believes that if the J-20 is good enough, China will not buy the Su-35. This remark makes sense at first. At the time, China confirmed the purchase of the Su-35. At that time, we all had many netizens wailing. But in fact, the purchase of the Su-35 is required by the situation of combat readiness, and is related to the overall environment of Sino-Russian cooperation, and has nothing to do with whether the J-20 is good or not.
It is estimated that many people will be puzzled by seeing here. The reaction of these Indian military experts who are hard to promote is even more fierce than the "brilliant" fighters made in India. Those who don't know think that the "gust" is the pride of India. It. But this is also normal. After being slaughtered by France, the Indian character naturally wanted to "fire on the lips" to promote these fighters, so that it seemed that they were not lost.
