A U.S. military journal recently published an analytical article specifically comparing China's main fighters, the J-20 and J-16, and the Western view is that the J-16 fighter has three irreplaceable professional advantages, and to a certain extent, it is even ahead of the J-20's combat performance.
J-20 is recognized by military fans, the best model of the mainland's 5th generation fighter, so far both J-20 from stealth ability, combat reaction speed, mileage, combat radius, etc., on the whole, it is a new type of fighter with excellent performance, and it can also represent the highest level of the mainland's fifth-generation fighter.
In particular, the US military, like the United States, is keeping a close eye on the mainland's advanced fighters in order to understand the most real combat strength, and the United States has published some analytical views on the mainland's fighters.
The J-16 fighter has three particularly obvious advantages, even if the J-20 has obvious surpassing performance from the size of the fighter's appearance, including cruising range and flight speed, but it cannot replace all the performance of this fighter.
Many netizens will be very curious, because if compared with the generation of aircraft research and development, the J-16 is only a 4th generation fighter, and it stands to reason that the level should lag behind the J-20, why is this J-16 fighter still as a core part of the Air Force's combat power, continue to expand production, and continue to improve and upgrade? It is because the J-16 series fighters have outstanding features.
How many models of the J-16 fighter are there? At present, there are three versions of this series, one is the prototype is used to perform multi-purpose combat missions, and the comprehensive combat performance is also very powerful.
The second version is the J-16D electronic warfare aircraft that military fans are very familiar with, which can use electronic signal jamming and collect various intelligence on enemy fighters, and there is another version, that is, the stealth version of the J-16 fighter is also upgraded, which can achieve surprise attacks and special strike missions, an advanced fighter model.
The first irreplaceable is the stealth function
The stealth version of J-16 is the most special fighter, it is a new type of fighter realized after the upgrade and improvement of Shenfei Company, which also represents the level of China's military research and development, which has been improved at a high speed, and can be manufactured by itself, powerful absorbing coating stealth technology, reducing the reflection cross section of radar electromagnetic waves, the outside world can not believe that China's J-16 has a stealth version, because it is believed that the appearance of J-16 is not conducive to the presentation of stealth functions, because if stealth is realized, the smoother the appearance, the more acute angles, it will be better to avoid the enemy's radar scanning。
Then the J-16 stealth version can set the external weapon to be loaded, so that it is not easy to be discovered by the enemy, otherwise the stealth function will not be realized, and the stealth version of the J-16 does not have the same dual conditions as the United States F35, even if it is an external missile, it is still designed with a built-in bomb bay, so that when performing stealth combat missions, you can not carry weapons on the external attachment point and will not be detected by the enemy's radar.
Because the J-16 does not have a large-capacity built-in bomb bay, how it has been transformed and how to present the stealth version, the outside world is also very curious at present, the J-16 has a stealth function and can perform difficult combat missions like the J-21, so this function and feature is also an irreplaceable advantage.
The J-20 is considered a heavyweight long-range air superiority fighter with cutting-edge avionics and stealth capabilities, the U.S. magazine noted. Complementing the J-20 is another fourth-generation fighter, the J-16.
The J-16 is a significantly enhanced version of China's first fourth-generation aircraft, the Su-27 (or J-11), with a weight class similar to the J-20, also carrying a very large radar and having a high endurance.
The 2nd non-replaceable air ammunition truck
J-16 itself can carry 12 tons of ammunition weapons, the maximum speed can reach Mach two, long-distance combat capability is very strong, and the accuracy of the strike is also very high, using double seats and double engine settings, can perform a variety of needs of combat missions, and can let two pilots in the cockpit division of labor, can also cover each other, the formation of combat strength is very strong, whether it is a strike on ground targets or ships on the sea, can complete the task well, J-16 carries the energy of weapons, become a mobile ammunition truck in the air, which is also one of the irreplaceable characteristics of J-16。
The third irreplaceable electronic warfare capability
J-16D has a very advanced and complex electronic equipment system, capable of performing high-tech background against the enemy's combat mission, the modern battlefield enemy is also engaged in information warfare with the mainland, who can detect the enemy's target location first, who can take the lead in accurate strikes in place, will naturally win the first victory on the battlefield.
The electronic warfare aircraft has advanced radar detection and scanning capabilities, as well as satellite and digital communication systems, and can even release electronic signals to interfere with the enemy's reading and communication content, J-16 can also intercept the enemy's electromagnetic waves, so that the enemy can read what we want the enemy to understand, and this information is processed information It is very likely to mislead the enemy to make wrong battlefield judgments and reactions, and if the decision is wrong, it will cause huge blows and losses to the enemy, so that the enemy has failed before the battle.
The electronic combat strength of the J-16D is an irreplaceable advantage, and it is also a strong performance that makes the enemy fearful.
The past three years are also irreplaceable by the J-20 at present, so the J-20 and J-16 can cooperate in the air, give full play to their respective advantages, and form a more powerful combat power.