People's Liberation Army Air Force : News & Discussions
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Japanese defense White Paper estimate of Chinese air strength
今年の防衛白書から、中国の軍用機。 pic.twitter.com/UVn01JtmTn
— mssn65 (@jpg2t785) July 14, 2021
Since you quite obviously know Japanese, could you translate what it says for us - the lesser unfortunate mortals. More importantly does it corroborate resident optimist's gung ho prediction about J-20 C/D/E..infinity licking the F-35 dry.
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eurasiantimes.com
I guess we still have breathing space to upgrade our mki's if the numbers are true. So around 200 of them will have to be aesa upgraded..
Those figures are at least 2-3 years old. For an air force inducting 150-200 jets a year, you can bet that something from 2 years ago is already old news.
Their J-20s alone are approaching 150.
PLAAF watchers when they see a slightly different engine nozzle
It's fine. MRFA is needed now. The Chinese jet will be combat capable only by the end of the 2030s. We will need an equivalent MKI-replacement from the mid-2040s though.
