Recently, CCTV Military for the first time publicly reported the news that the domestic J-16d electronic warfare aircraft and the J-20 have joined forces to carry out actual combat training. The analysis pointed out that the J-16d electronic warfare aircraft and the J-20 form a new attack combination, which will be conducive to the air game between stealth fighters.
Analysts said that the superiority of stealth fighters such as the J-20 and F-22 in over-the-horizon air combat is first reflected in the "first-sight" advantage, that is, the opponent is seen first, and the opponent cannot see. While spotting, intercepting, and "silent attacks" from a distance, the adversary perceives no threat information. This ability is generally referred to as the "first sight" ability, that is, the stealth combat opportunity first discovers the non-stealth fighter, and the non-stealth fighter has not yet discovered the presence of the other party at this time.
Generally speaking, the combination of fighter stealth capabilities and active phased array radar performance is the key to "first sight". The US military believes that the so-called stealth technology can also be regarded as a special form of "electromagnetic silence", in order to give play to the detection and space-time advantages of stealth fighters, it is necessary to strive to carry out "silent" interception or attack on targets. So fundamentally, stealth is not invisible, but undetectable, which is an electromagnetic advantage.
Otherwise, if the opponent's fighter has the same target interception capability as the attacking party, then its own radar radiation signal will also be intercepted by the other side, then its stealth and first-mover advantage will lose its meaning, and therefore, the "biggest enemy" of the stealth fighter is actually an electronic warfare aircraft. If the J-20 fighter meets the F22 fighter formation, who has the electronic warfare aircraft in the two formations becomes a very critical factor.
If the opponent's stealth fighter attack formation has extremely strong electronic warfare capabilities, it can be alerted according to passive electronic signals, and electronic interference or maneuver evasion actions can be carried out on the attacking party to leave the battlefield. Generally speaking, when the F-22 fighter first finds a fighter with a generation difference, it will shoot down the enemy aircraft by "seeing first" and then "shooting first" and shooting down the enemy aircraft by firing medium-range air-to-air missiles first.
In addition, the F-22 uses its excellent supersonic hovering ability to disengage at high speed, achieving rapid conversion of attack and defense, and "disengagement first" immediately after "first shot". In order to achieve the purpose of annihilating the F-22 stealth formation, the J-20 fighter formation can suppress and weaken the performance of the opponent's stealth fighter radar through electronic interference, thereby offsetting its stealth first-mover advantage. At this point, the J-16d electronic warfare aircraft becomes very important.
Western media analysis believes that the J-16d electronic warfare aircraft can effectively suppress and destroy the "first-sight" advantage of the F-22 and F-35, and through the large-scale electronic jamming pod mounted, electromagnetic suppression is carried out on the airborne equipment and airborne radar of the F-22 and F-35, so that the US military aircraft cannot exert its stealth advantage and "first-sight" effect. The US stealth fighter will be forced into the same search range as our side for air combat, at this time, the J-20 aircraft has launched missiles directly at the enemy, there is a great hope of winning the final contest, it can be said that the birth of this combat combination, but also can make the arrogant US military stealth fighter can no longer get up.