Quote trasversale da un altro thread specifico sul J-20 (http://www.md80.it/bbforum/viewtopic.ph ... 43#p791243) cosí mi riallaccio a un discorso piú ampio..
..riguardo all'export (possibile) riporto questo pezzo dell'articolo suddetto:Mefistofele ha scritto: i cinesi si stanno creando un ruolo importante nel mercato militare mondiale.
While the export effort is led by Chengdu’s FC-1/JF‑17 cooperative program with Pakistan (which could acquire up to 300 fighters) and the fighter could yet be purchased by the air force, greater international appeal may follow its being equipped with a Chinese engine—a likely near-term prospect.
But China is already laying the foundation for sales of the FC-1, and perhaps the J-10B and J-11B, by aggressively marketing low-cost trainers like the Hongdu K-8 and the supersonic L-15, with generous financing credits and production technology transfers. This “food chain” strategy has worked in Pakistan, and could be repeated in Egypt and as far away as Latin America. Venezuela and Bolivia are customers for light attack versions of the K-8 and Venezuelan officials reportedly visited the Chengdu factory in late 2011.
E infatti sempre riportando uno stralcio dell'articolo, stanno lavorando ad un motore ad hoc per il J-20:Mefistofele ha scritto:Questo velivolo (J-20) non mi ha mai convinto, soprattutto per le dimensioni eccessive a discapito di motori non proprio adatti....si parla dei Saturn dei Flanker.
Arriverà anche il clone del JSFJust before the service’s 60th anniversary in October 2009, a Chinese air force general stated that their next-generation fighter would enter service between 2017 and 2019, though a late- 2010 report of PLA interest in purchasing the Russian AL-41 turbofan for this fighter might accelerate that timeline. Since its emergence on the Internet in late 2010, Chengdu’s stealthy twin-engine canard J-20 has been photographed and videoed extensively undergoing testing at Chengdu. Expected to be fitted with 15-ton-class thrust-vectored turbofans in its production form, this aircraft is expected to be capable of supercruise and extreme post-stall maneuvering, and will be equipped with an AESA radar and distributed infrared warning sensors.....
...The Gas Turbine Research Institute has put a new 8-9.5-ton-thrust turbofan on one FC-1 and has advanced the development of a 15-ton engine for J-20.
(secondo me tra qualche anno sí..In 2005 a Chinese official said that an “F-35”-class program was being considered by Chengdu. China also has long been interested in short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (Stovl) fighters, and long-standing Russian and Chinese reports point to a possible Chengdu program based on technology from the Yakovlev Yak-141, a supersonic Stovl prototype tested in the late 1980s.
)Mentre il badger (pardon, H-6) resta la spina dorsale della forza da bombardamento, tanto piú che lo stanno aggiornando, nulla si sa davvero sul suo successore:
Per finire è dato in dirittura d'arrivo un nuovo cargo strategico:The Chinese air force and navy have taken delivery of about 170 of the twin-engine Xian JH-7/JH-7A strike fighters, with indications that Xian may be developing a reduced-signature variant. Approaching the longevity and mission evolution of the Boeing B-52, Xian’s latest version H-6K bomber entered low-rate production in 2010, equipped with more powerful and efficient Progress D-30KP turbofans and a redesigned nose with modern radar and optics. The bomber is armed with more than six land-attack cruise missiles. Little is known about Xian’s follow-on bomber program, except that it could emerge this decade. In late 2009 an “official” model of a large, stealthy delta-wing bomber was revealed, though its provenance is unknown. In early 2010 Chinese academics from the prestigious Institute of Mechanics, a leading hypersonics research center, produced a paper on an apparent large aircraft with a Mach 3 cruise speed, with illustrations and wind tunnel models indicating it could be an optionally manned platform.
Poi ci sarebbero anche i vari J-10 ,J-12, J-15...non quoto piú cosí vi leggete tutto il restoThis year or next, Xian is expected to unveil a new 50-60-ton payload Y-20 four-engine strategic transport
Insomma, tanta carne al fuoco quindi..
