According to the current public information, it can basically be determined that the J-15 and the Russian-made Su-33 have the same origin. American media believe that the Su-33 is the worst carrier-based aircraft in Russia's history. The J-15 obviously found the wrong object of i

Before the J-35 is officially put into service, the main force of the Chinese Navy, carrier-based will still be the J-15 as . However, the US media "1945" has always held a skeptical attitude towards this domestically produced improved model that was derived from the former Soviet carrier-based aircraft , believing that the J-15 cannot compete with the new US carrier-based aircraft.

The origin of J-15

According to the current public information, it can basically be determined that J-15 and Russian-made Su-33 have the same origin . American media believe that the Su-33 is the worst carrier-based aircraft in Russia's history. The J-15 obviously found the wrong imitation object . The J-15, based on the Su-33, may be difficult to confront the US military's advanced carrier-based aircraft such as F18E/F.

As the only carrier-based fighter in the flanker family, Su 33 has been questioned by the world since its inception. Since it was improved from the early Su-27 fighter jets, Su-33 also inherited the Su-27's highly criticized airframe life problem . As a carrier-based aircraft with extremely high requirements for airframe strength, this problem has become the fatal point of Su-33.

At the same time, since Su33 was developed earlier, the concept of multi-purpose fighter had not yet begun to become popular at that time. Su33's combat purpose was slightly single, and it was more inclined to fight against sea and land. In addition, Russia has never had plans to upgrade and improve Su33 during its decades of service, has led to Su33 being no longer suitable for modern naval warfare.

So the Russian army will use MiG 29K, a bad model, to replace the Su33 specially developed for the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier. Although the MiG 29K range is not as long as the Su33 and the air control ability is not as strong as the Su33, it can at least carry strike weapons against sea and land, and meets the combat needs of the Russian naval aviation .

In addition to the single combat purpose, Su 33, as a modification of Su 27, has reduced its combat performance instead of increasing, which means that the problem of Su 33's fuselage strength is also brought back to the issue of Su 33's fuselage strength. In order to enable carrier-based aircraft to take off and land aircraft carrier , the engineers of Sukhoi were forced to patch the fuselage of Su 33, which made Su 33 heavier than Su 27 tons , and the weight distribution of the fighter also changed.

In addition to the problems brought by the womb, Su33's backward avionics equipment also limits its space for further development. After the 21st century, Russia developed an advanced precision strike weapon, Su33 cannot use , which also makes Su33 one of the most poorly-performing carrier-based aircraft in the world.

J-15 is not a simple copy

The US media's statement is actually biased. They forced to draw the equation of Su 33 and J-15 . However, they did not know that the J-15 is not a completely replica of Su 33, but the new fighter developed by integrating domestic aviation technology after absorbing the research results of Soviet heavy carrier-based aircraft.

The most important thing is that China has never purchased Su-33 from Russia. Where does the relevant technology of J-15 come from? It is said that China purchased an T10K7 prototype from Ukraine, and the T10K7 was also one of the prototypes of the Su 33 back then.

This also means that the J-15 does not fully refer to the fuselage structure of the Su-33. Therefore, although the overall appearance of the two aircraft is similar, many details are different. In addition, the support of domestic advanced aviation technology , it is generally believed that the comprehensive performance of J-15 is far stronger than that of the Russian-made Su-33.

In fact, China did consider purchasing a carrier-based Su-33 aircraft from Russia, but at that time, the Russian side's was not as sincere as . China's original intention was to purchase 24 fighter jets in a squadron, but the Russian side stated that China not only had to bear the cost of a squadron aircraft, but also had to invest in the development of the improved model of Su-33 , obviously trying to treat China as a sucker.

Fortunately, the Soviet heavy carrier-based aircraft technology was not dominated by Russia, which led to the story of China buying the T10K7 prototype from Ukraine.However, as a prototype, the T10K7 itself has many problems, which has delayed the development progress of the J-15. However, through the reverse development of the of the prototype and the technical research, the J-15 that was finally released is far more perfect than the Su-33.

This traditional shortcoming of Soviet carrier-based aircraft airborne equipment has disappeared from the J-15. It is equipped with the same 1553B data link as the domestically produced J-11B fighter jets. Not only has the hardware weight been greatly reduced, but the upgrade space has also been greatly improved, and the combat capability of the entire fighter has been improved to the standard of fourth-generation fighter .

In response to the problem of the fuselage strength of carrier-based aircraft , during the manufacturing process, the J-15 has widely used my country's mature experience in the improvement of the J-11 aircraft , boldly adopting new materials to achieve higher strength with lower weight, which not only improves the fuselage life of the carrier-based aircraft, but also allows the fighter to withstand higher overloads.

After the domestic AVIC adapted to carrier-based aircraft is released, the power core of the J-15 will be domestically produced . According to the performance of the latest turbofan 10C, the performance of domestic vans is much better than that of Russian products. Although the J-15 is generally similar to the Su-33, it is actually ahead of the Su-33 generation.

Compared with the Su33, which has little hope of improvement, the J-15's improvement work has been in full swing. From the J-15 to the two-seater J-15S, to the fourth and a half generation J-15D and the J-15T that will be adapted to the domestically produced catapulted aircraft carrier, the J-15 family has become the only one in the Soviet-Russian carrier-based aircraft technology route.

, which is better, J15 or F18E/F,

, J15 and the US main carrier-based aircraft F18E/F are both fourth-generation fighter jets. Although both have the multi-purpose capabilities of , , the J15 is larger and is the only two heavy carrier-based aircraft in service in the world. F18F/F is a medium carrier-based aircraft. After the US military retired, it has no more equipment plans for heavy carrier-based aircraft.

From the perspective of the combat capabilities of the two, the characteristics of the J-15 are more prominent, while the F18E/F wins in balance. Taking air control capabilities as an example, the J-15, which inherits the excellent maneuverability gene of the Flanker family, will have better flight performance. However, after the US military fighter aircraft are equipped with advanced air-to-air weapons that can make up for the gap in the air, the two are almost 5-5 open in air combat.

Thanks to the development of the domestic missile , the J-15 has extremely strong anti-ship capabilities, which is enough to be competent for the role of aircraft carrier killer in wartime. Although the F18E/F is not as good as the J-15 in combat against the sea, the has stronger land strike capabilities and electronic warfare capabilities than Chinese fighter jets. The Growler, which was improved on the basis of F18E/F, is currently the most advanced electronic warfare aircraft in the world.

Generally speaking, J-15 and F18E/F belong to the same level of combat equipment . Compared with the gap between the technical levels of the two, the pilot's technology and on-site reaction are the key to winning. J-15 is not as powerful as the American media said, and it is impossible to fight against US carrier-based aircraft.