According to the information obtained by the War Research Institute, the Indian Air Force's Rafale fighters, Su-30MKI heavy fighters, and other air forces have been deployed at the Leh Air Base, and the object of its call is the People's Liberation Army Air Force. Previous media reports show that the PLA has deployed J-20 stealth fighters at Hotan Air Base, about 300 kilometers from the Sino-Indian border, although the number of deployments is not much, but these fifth-generation aircraft with stealth capabilities are enough to crush the strength of the fourth-generation aircraft of the Indian Air Force, in addition, the PLA Western Theater also has a fairly large number of J-16 heavy fighters. The J-16 heavy fighter is the same as the Su-30MKI heavy fighter division in the hands of India, and there is not much difference in appearance, but in fact this is already a two-generation aircraft, because the avionics equipment of the J-16 heavy fighter is quite advanced, equipped with a powerful AESA active scanning array radar, which can complete the launch of the Thunderbolt-15 air-to-air missile.
While the PLA has a large number of J-20 stealth fighters, all signs indicate that China is about to equip a second stealth fighter, and this stealth fighter will become the main fighter of naval aviation. The J-35 fighter is currently in full swing of test flights, according to the Navy, the current J-35 fighter has not yet been finalized, and recently Indian media pointed out that in the J-35 stealth fighter test flight process, there was a video showing the aircraft in the air intermittently spewing black smoke, which also allowed the Indian media to finally catch the handle of China's fifth-generation aircraft. On April 7, India's defense research report pointed out that the black smoke emitted by the J-35 stealth fighter test flight was because of the Russian aircraft engine that China copied, and because the quality was not up to standard, the aviation kerosene could not be fully burned, so the J-35 stealth fighter continued to emit black smoke.
The prototype of the J-35 stealth fighter is the FC-31 fighter, and this fighter is equipped with a Russian-made RD-93 turbofan engine, the RD-93 turbofan engine is actually the same model equipped with the MiG-29 fighter and the JF-17 Thunder Dragon fighter, all signs show that in recent years, China has replaced the J-35 stealth fighter with a domestic aero engine, which is very similar to the Russian-made RD-93 engine is called the turbofan 19 engine, and its overall thrust and performance are much stronger than the Russian-made engine。 Although China has been using Russian-made engines for a period of time and has learned from Russia's experience in the development of domestic engines, the overall performance of domestic engines is stronger than that of Russia.
Determining the limited strength of China's domestic engines just because of the black smoke that appeared during the test flight, and pointing out that it would seriously affect the stealth capabilities of the J-35 stealth fighter, it is clear that India is in a bit of a hurry. As far as India is concerned, India does not have the ability to manufacture fifth-generation aircraft, and to buy fifth-generation aircraft from the United States or Russia, the United States has no intention of exporting, and the aero engine equipped with the LCA fighter produced by India is still from the United States, in fact, India is also trying to produce domestic aero engines, but India has not succeeded in creating a domestic aviation engine after more than 20 years of national efforts.
In the past, the outside world generally believed that China's domestic aero engine is the short board of the fighter, but in fact, the domestic aviation engine is now quite competitive, many models of domestic aviation engine in performance are beyond the Russian model, in addition to the thrust surpassing, but also in the maintenance life and overhaul time beyond the Russian model, making the domestic aero engine more durable. Text/Iris