According to many Western media, an attempt by the Chinese to create a fighter made only from parts of Chinese-made J-11B multipurpose aircraft without outside help was crowned with success. The J-11B surpasses its predecessor J-10 in all respects and is an indicator of a major breakthrough in the Chinese aircraft industry, and also approaches the most modern Russian aircraft of the 4th generation Su-35BM. According to the research results of the Andreson Swedish Center for Military Research, the J-11B surpassed the Su-35BM in simulated air battles, and a comparison was made between the American F22 and the Russian fighter. The representatives of the Sukhoi company were dissatisfied with the results.
Approaching the fourth generation of fighters
After 4 years of deliberation, in 1996, China and Russia signed an agreement that built a plant in China to produce 200 of the most advanced Russian Su-27SK aircraft, the main objective of which is to achieve air superiority. For this, the Shenyang Aircraft Building Plant, which had previously produced J-8 aircraft, was converted. The plant was equipped with advanced Western and Chinese equipment, which greatly improved the production technique, and thereby laid a solid foundation for further improvement of the aircraft themselves.
In 1999, a fighter was first created on the basis of the Su-27, which consisted of 70% of Chinese-made parts. It was renamed J-11. All parts except the engine were made in China, and even some of the components were improved. The improved model was named J-11A. In the 90s in China and in the world there was a leap in aircraft manufacturing, in aircraft manufacturing, in particular, aircraft began to supply more and more electronics. And the J-11 / Su-35 aircraft very quickly became obsolete due to the lack of electronics even in comparison with the updated J-8 aircraft. By 2003, 95 aircraft had been produced, of the remaining 105, China refused, citing the fact that the aircraft did not meet the country's technical requirements, which the Russian side was extremely suspicious of.
June 4, 2010
The Shenyang Aviation Corporation of China has created a copy of the Russian Su-33 carrier-based fighter. The model was named J-15 (Jian-15), Interfax reports with reference to the May issue of the authoritative military publication Kanwa Asian Defense, which is published in Canada and Hong Kong.
An experimental Soviet-era T10K aircraft, which the PRC inherited from Ukraine, was taken as the basis for the Chinese fighter. Previously, Chinese engineers were unable to solve the problem of the folding wing of carrier-based fighters, but now this problem has been solved.
It remains unclear whether the new aircraft made its first test flight. After factory tests, the fighter will be sent to the Yangliang Air Force Center, since the Chinese Navy does not have its own naval aviation test center.
China has created a "pirate" copy of the Su-33 fighter, unraveling secret Russian technologies
In fact, over the past few years, Chinese fighters have absorbed all the best that was in the Su-27. Having stuffed the Su-27 with various equipment and improving its aerodynamic characteristics, in 2000 the first secret launch of the new J-11B multipurpose aircraft was made, which completely switched to Western standards.
Since the development of this fighter has not yet been fully declassified, it is not surprising that such a rapid leap in the Chinese aircraft industry took Russia and the United States by surprise. When Russia in recent years offered the Chinese side to buy improvements for the Su-27, it often did not receive a response because China already possessed these technologies. At the end of last year, Russia was forced to admit that China was able to independently improve the Su-27 by creating the J-11B, in the same message the Russian side claims that the design of the new aircraft has not yet been fully completed, while China is releasing the second batch of 17 aircraft. … This suggests that Russia is not in control of the situation, which is a serious miscalculation on their part.
Using composite materials, it was possible to reduce the weight of the aircraft by 700 kilograms, which made it possible to install a more powerful Taihan engine on the J-11B. In addition, the Chinese aircraft possesses the most modern electronic devices, thus overtaking the Su-27 by more than 20 years.
