Gradually J-16ized! J11BG first exposure of high-definition large map, the Chinese war air force to change the strongest three and a half generation of new aircraft.
As the situation in the Taiwan Strait heats up, the U.S. well-known Chinese air force research expert Dixino, released on its social media China's newest three-and-a-half-generation fighter J11BG high-definition pictures, the picture of the J11BG fighter many specific details are very obvious, the iconic pure white radomes are very conspicuous.
In addition, this J11BG fighter jet also mounted the PLA PL10 close-range fighting bomb training bombs, and no missile wings. And from the analysis of the tail number of this J11BG, it is known that the newly installed this unit is actually an aviation brigade unit under the jurisdiction of the central war zone, which has been equipped with J11B fighters before the replacement of J11BG fighters.
And now, the current air force is equipped with the most types of side guard fighters, precisely the J11B fighter, compared to the wholesale copy of the Su-27SK and gradually retired J11A, J11B fighter is considered to be a completely self-produced and self-produced heavy multi-purpose fighters. Aircraft materials, power systems, fire control systems, basically all completely domestic equipment, wholesale replacement of China's domestic subsystems of the J11B fighter, compared with the original version of the Russian Su-27 and imitation of the J11A, the performance of a significant improvement.
The J11B is lighter and more flexible than the J11A in terms of performance. The J11B can detect more airborne targets and launch strikes due to the improvement in radar performance, and the J11B has also been strengthened in terms of its ability to conduct strikes on the ground and at sea.
The J11B is currently the PLA's largest production of three-and-a-half-generation heavy multi-purpose fighters in the J11 family, and is mainly in service with the navy and air force. However, over time, the J11B's aerial combat capability has gradually lagged behind that of the PLA's other newer models, such as the J16, derived from the J11BS, or the medium-sized J10C, which is a newer version of the J11B. It can be said that the J11B can no longer be regarded as a top three-and-a-half generation fighter in terms of air combat performance.
In recent years, the PLA has replaced other advanced fighters with more advanced active phased-array radars, new avionics and electronic warfare systems, as well as new PL-10 and PL-15 air-to-air missiles, giving the PLA's new fighters an all-round performance boost compared to their older counterparts. The J-11B, on the other hand, lags behind the radar and fire control system, making it a bit more difficult to fight in the air.
Shen Fei has also begun to develop more advanced multi-purpose fighters on the basis of the J11B, and has developed the more advanced J11D multi-purpose fighter. Compared with the J11B, the J11D has a new active phased array radar and greatly improved avionics, and has successfully made its maiden flight, but unfortunately the J11D has been terminated.
The reason for this is that it is not worthwhile to replace the J11B with a new aircraft, and the PLA is now equipped with a large number of J11B fighters that are only a few years old to ten years old at the most, and the aircraft is in very good condition, and it is impossible for them to be retired early because they are not in a small amount in the navy and air force. And if the mass production of J11D will replace these J11B, although it can let other units equipped with J7 and J8 change to J11B, but the performance problem can not be fundamentally solved.
So Shen Fei transplanted the technology of J11D to J11B and directly upgraded it, and the upgraded J11B was called J11BG, and it can be said that up to this point, the J11BG has become a new heavy multi-purpose fighter of J16.
It is said that the J11BG adopts the same type of large aperture active phased array radar of the J16 to be upgraded, and at the same time, the aircraft's avionics, fire control, and electronic warfare equipment are greatly upgraded, and after the overall upgrading of the J11BG, the aerial combat capability and multi-purpose capability are greatly improved, and because of the upgrading of the fire control system and the radar system, the J11BG can carry the most advanced PL-10 and PL-15 air-air missiles. 15 air-to-air missiles, its over-the-horizon air combat capability and close-range fighting capability have been further enhanced.
The improved performance of the radar system can make the J11BG leap into one of the strongest three-and-a-half-generation fighters today, and the J11BG can theoretically carry PL-21 air-to-air missiles with longer ranges for ultra-long-range interception operations, which the J11B is unable to do. It can be said that the current J11BG upgrading project is of great significance to the overall performance of the J11B fighters equipped by the air force, and as more and more J11Bs are modified and upgraded into J11BGs, it is expected that the strength of the PLA's heavy fighter force will jump dramatically.
And now, according to public information, the western combat zone, the central combat zone and even the naval aviation force, have begun to gradually installed J11BG fighter, comparable to the bird's-eye view, this also shows that the PLA fighter upgrade speed is accelerating, and its conventional fighter forces are gradually to the top level of the third generation of aircraft.