The aircraft carrier is the overlord on the naval battlefield, and its essence is actually a floating sea airfield, and its combat effectiveness needs to be reflected by the carrier-based fighters it carries, of course, some aircraft-carrying cruisers say otherwise. The aircraft carrier itself is not capable of any combat effectiveness. At present, there is only one type of carrier-based fighter in China, and that is the J-15 "Flying Shark" heavy carrier-based fighter. I believe that many articles have already introduced the process of developing the J-15 in China, so I won't repeat it. Today, we will mainly take a look at the performance of the J-15 fighter to see if he is considered an excellent carrier-based aircraft in the world.
The J-15 fighter originated from the J-11B fighter, which was developed on the basis of the latter, and modified some of the aerodynamics and flight control design, and the J-15 is of great significance, not only for our China, but also for the whole world, because it is the first heavy carrier-based fighter that appeared after the retirement of the American F-14D Tomcat (Tom Cat) fighter. At present, the configuration of the J-15 fighter may not be high, he is likely to be equipped with a domestic 1493 mechanical scanning pulse Doppler radar, in today's phased array radar environment can only be said to be general, however, the J-15 fighter is now mass-produced, it is quite likely to be equipped with a new domestic active phased array radar, and the relevant news needs to be further confirmed.
In terms of engines, the J-15 production model is equipped with two Al-31F engines from Russia, which is not so satisfactory, but the J-15 is the only heavy carrier-based fighter in service, and the total thrust brought by his two engines is still stronger than that of third-generation fighters from other countries such as Rafale, which still has a certain advantage in energy air combat.
In addition, the modification potential of the J-15 fighter is very large, especially its payload capacity. The U.S. A-6 attack aircraft used to be the only carrier-based aircraft capable of carrying four Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and its ability to attack the sea and the ground was terrifying. After it is decommissioned, the number of 4 anti-ship missiles can no longer be achieved by carrier-based aircraft, whether it is F A-18E F or Rafale M, it can only carry 2 Harpoon or Exocet anti-ship missiles, and in fact, Rafale has carried 1 Exocet so far, and there has never been a Rafale M carrier-based aircraft with two Exocet missiles. In addition, although the Russian Su-33 has this potential, the ancient radar electronics are not compatible with modern medium and long-range anti-ship missiles at all, and can only use lightweight anti-ship missiles such as the KH31 and 35.
The appearance of the J-15 means that the number of 4 anti-ship missiles has reappeared! The Super Hornet of the United States and the Rafale M of France have 5 heavy hardload points, but the Super Hornet has less oil, less than 6 tons, and the internal oil of Rafale M is less than 5 tons, so they have to use 3 of the heavy hardpoints to mount the auxiliary fuel tank to ensure the range, so that only 2 anti-ship missiles can be mounted, and the J-15 inherits the Su-27 Flanker family has always had a large internal oil tradition, the internal oil refusal can be as much as 9 tons, and there is no need to mount the auxiliary fuel tank at all, in addition, the J-15 Flying Shark fighter also has a partner refueling pod, which can use the same type of aircraft partner refueling technology to expand the combat range, which is not available to the Rafale M。 These capabilities have been liberated from the re-attachment points, so that these hard-loading points can play the role of "fire channel".
Some people believe that the J-15 can not take off with a full load, in fact, it is not true, J-15 compared to the Russian Su-33 fighter, due to the use of large-area composite materials, so the empty weight is reduced by nearly 1 ton, from the take-off runway, the bow of the Liaoning ship glides over the deck upturned angle is also 2 degrees higher than Kuznetsov, reaching 14 degrees. Therefore, when the J-15 uses a 195-meter-long take-off point, if it is supplemented by the deck wind brought by the aircraft carrier sailing at full speed, it can take off with a full load, and in CCTV and other ** reports, we can see the J-15 full of ammunition, including anti-ship missiles taking off from the aircraft carrier, which is enough to prove that the J-15 can give full play to his payload advantages.
In the combat state, the J-15 can be mounted with 4 YJ-83K anti-ship missiles to take off from the long take-off point of **, YJ-83K is our country's main air-to-ship missile, its weight is slightly lighter than the American Harpoon and the French Exocet, but the range is more than 250km, so that the J-15 has the ability to carry out firepower strikes outside the defense area, which is farther and stronger than the Harpoon and the Exocet.
Many netizens said that in fact, the J-15 can be mounted with two of China's best anti-ship missiles to take off: one is the YJ-18, the other is the YJ-12, but whether the J-15 fighter can mount these two types of supersonic anti-ship missiles is still not completely conclusive, although the size and weight of these two missiles meet the needs of the J-15 mount, but so far there has been no **and public** show that the J-15 can mount these two missiles, maybe there will be in the future, who knows?
Of course, if these two missiles can be mounted, this heavy supersonic anti-ship missile is bound to make the J-15's attack sharper. In fact, the J-15 has another supersonic anti-ship missile to choose from, and it must also be mounted, that is, the YJ-91 improved anti-ship missile. China has introduced a certain number of Russian KH-31P supersonic anti-radiation missiles for Su-30MKK use, and on the basis of which the YJ-91 supersonic missile has been imitated, which is divided into two types: anti-radiation type and anti-ship type, weighing 600kg, warhead weight 90kg, and maximum speed 3Mach 5, the maximum range is about 50km. When used in anti-ship operations, its powerful penetration speed is enough to ensure the penetration of the best air defense systems in the world, of course, under a certain density of firepower. His flight speed brings him huge kinetic energy, and if he hits all kinds of ** in the world now, it will inevitably cause huge damage. After all, there is almost no armor left in modern times.