Is it me or is that object just under the nose look exactly like the EOTS? I have it highlighted below.
Now on the F-35.
I am fully moving into the camp that the J-20 is a long range, stealthy strike fighter.
If I'm right then the Chinese believe either that the F-22 is too short ranged, or too few to stand up to multiple SU-27 derivatives that they have in service along with the J-10s in aerial combat. That the F-22 as currently employed will fail against a modern integrated air defense complex. Or they plan on a decisive first strike and will kill the planes on the ground before they even can take off.
Regardless. The realization that the J-20 is a strike and not air superiority fighter should make everyone sit up and take notice. We've all assumed that we would have to take the fight to them.
They're planning on bringing the fight to us!
IT is believed to be a Eots. but just because it's multi role doesn't mean it's not aimed to try and take the Raptor or Air superiority missions as The Russians and Chinese are both believers that IR is one of the key weak points in modern stealth. any EOTS system should see in IR. Also Every Jet made in the last 20 years has been Multirole. Even Raptor has proven this with it's recent air strikes
ReplyDeleteyeah but a clean sheet design and the EOTS is below the nose? every serious fighter using IR has those above the nose. if its going the way of the F-14 then this thing must be expecting to fly higher than any fighter ever designed as the F-22 can go 50 plus thousand feet up and if this is to fly higher then we're already looking at near low earth combat....i think. this is outside of my comfort zone. just looking, passing info and commenting. i could be so wrong it hurts.
Deletewell We don't have the tech specs on it and I have never really seen a satisfactory image of the latest J20's or J31 Prototype for that matter, but given the angle of the nose and location I can't see any reason why it would be limited purely to below the aircrafts axis. its location should give it a sweep upward of maybe 30* to. and really any IRST role would likely be line of sight anyway.
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ReplyDeleteA usefull short note on EOTS.
Or... this is an IRST.
ReplyDeleterussia new T-50 embarrassment
ReplyDeletethe aircraft performed a demonstration flight for the Indian delegation, and at this time on the alarm panel dashboard T-50 warning appears a problem with the right engine. Stopped working communication system, the pilot stopped the engine, wings and shaking the aircraft to alert ground control tower (KDP), landed.
After landing drank so turned off and a second motor, the KDP immediately ordered him to leave the plane. The pilot saw thick black smoke appeared over the right air intake. Without waiting for the plane to crash fastened ladder, the pilot opened the canopy and saw a puddle of burning fuel under a fighter, jumped out of the cab and ran from the plane about 100 m.
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Good news Item but half a year old. Definitely not new. And i double timed to the link to see what else went wrong with the T50 in what would have been its winter trials in this month. Imagine my relief when the item was dated back half a year.
Deleteis it going to target our air fields or our fleet? i think its a long range strike too but i would see it loaded with anti shipping missiles, and hit our fleet, either the burkes or the carrier itself , that would make it very painful for us to continue the fight. we dont have too many air bases around, S. Korea, Japan, and Guam but if i had to hazard a guess i would see them sending against a carrier battle group first in a surprise attack. the front canards give it good stability at low levels, allowing it under our AEGIS radar until they are very close.
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