The reason for China's introduction of the Su-35 is actually inseparable from the confrontation in the South China Sea in 2016, when we introduced the Su-35 fighter, it also caused a lot of controversy, because at that time, our fifth-generation aircraft J-20 had made its first flight for some years, and the result was to introduce the Su-35.
Many people couldn't understand this operation, so they began to discuss it one after another, some said that it was because they wanted to see what step Russia had changed the Su-27 to, to see if there was any difference between it and ours, it belonged to being used as a reference aircraft, and some said that it was used as a false enemy aircraft to fight the exercise.
There are also said to be for the engine technology, more outrageous because of the J-20 performance problems, so the introduction of the Su-35, in fact, I think these statements are not correct, the first point, we introduced the Su-35 time node is March 2013, and our J-16 made its first flight as early as 2011, how to refer to it, the second point, when the imaginary enemy fighter is used for training, it is even more impossible, because at that time our J-16 and J-20 were not in service, so who to be a sparring partner, and to say sparring words, It's not impossible for us to introduce the Su-30 before
Is there a possibility that you are preparing for the future? Impossible, if there is really a demand for sparring, then the current Su-57 should also be introduced. Needless to say, the engine technology was not given to the Su-27 at that time, and the Su-35 was even more unlikely, not to mention the last point, even if the fifth-generation aircraft is worse, it is stronger than the fourth-generation aircraft.
So excluding these possibilities, then there is only one left, because the air force at that time really needed a strong and able to quickly form a combat fighter, and the Su-35 is just right, why do you need it, because in 2013 three years later there will be a confrontation in the South China Sea, and it is necessary to have strong force to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
How can that be expected to happen after the year? Is it a coincidence that the confrontation in the South China Sea three years later was caused by the so-called South China Sea arbitration that took place in January 2013, and the Su-35 was introduced in March of the same year? Not really, because what could happen in three years was already expected, so it was necessary to replenish combat effectiveness in the short term.
Why is the introduction of the Su-35 and the construction of the Shandong in preparation for the South China Sea confrontation in 2016? Because the introduction of the Su-35 and the construction of the Shandong ship occurred in March and November 2013, respectively, the South China Sea arbitration case that caused the South China Sea confrontation occurred in January 2013. The so-called South China Sea arbitration case is actually that the United States wants to do something in the South China Sea, but it can't find a reason to say that they have sovereignty in the South China Sea, so they found a ** person and used it as an excuse to put their hands into the South China Sea, and this ** person is the Philippines.
So starting in January 2013, they directed and staged a so-called South China Sea arbitration to determine who has ownership of islands in the South China Sea, and the so-called judgment was handed down in July 2016. At that time, in 2016, the U.S. military dispatched a two-aircraft carrier battle group to conduct exercises in the South China Sea. Of course, we didn't show weakness, we thought about everything, but we weren't afraid.
The end result, of course, was a dismal withdrawal of their troops. About this confrontation, in fact, not many people knew about it at the time, and people still had to do what they should do, and only later did they gradually pay attention to it, it turned out that such a big event happened in 2016, in fact, it was not that people didn't care, but that we were stronger.
Therefore, the introduction of the Su-35 and the urgent construction of the Shandong ship is logical. Originally, the Shandong ship was supposed to be a catapult aircraft carrier, but because of the situation at that time, there was no time to develop a catapult aircraft carrier in small steps, so it could only build an aircraft carrier similar to the Liaoning ship to solve the urgent need. The same is true of the Su-35, although our J-11 and J-20 made their first flight at that time, but they have not yet entered service, and the time of service must be after 2016, even if it is in service, it is impossible to produce and form combat effectiveness in large quantities in the short term, so the Su-35 is definitely a powerful air force for the Air Force at that time, and the key is ready-made.
And you know what? The most powerful thing about the Su-35 is its mobility, its close-quarters combat ability is very strong, and it is very suitable for using it to preemptively gain an advantage in a confrontation situation. If the J-16 had been in service two years earlier, would China still have introduced the Su-35? My answer is definitely not, because their positioning is duplicative, and they are both twin-engine heavy multi-role fighters. If there is a J-16, it would be a waste to introduce the Su-35 again.
The J-16 made its first flight in 2011 and entered service in 2016, while we introduced the Su-35 in 2013, and the number of orders was 24, but it was not until December 2016 that the first batch of four Su-35s were delivered to us. Although the J-16 was already in service at that time, the order had already been placed and it was impossible to cancel it, and it was not until 2018 that all 24 Su-35s were delivered, and at that time our J-16 had been mass-produced, and the number of equipment was quite a lot.
Although the avionics level of the Su-35 is not as good as that of the J-16, the maneuverability of the Su-35 is still very strong, and there is almost no solution to the close-range combat, which is very good for daily patrols, after all, modern air combat is overtime combat, even if the two aircraft are hundreds of kilometers away, they can launch air-to-air missiles from each other to destroy each other.
Therefore, the only situation in modern air combat that may occur in close combat is in patrol or confrontation, and in this case, the Su-35 can evade the opponent's attack with ultra-high mobility, and then counter the opponent, or occupy a favorable space with ultra-high mobility to take the lead in attacking.
However, as our engines gradually mature, the J-16 can also do this, and the Flanker family fighters owned by China include the Su-27 and the Su.
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1. J-15, J-16, except for a "sea guard" Su-33, China has gathered all the members of the flanker family, so we know everything about the performance of the flanker family, I have seen a real thing on the Internet, that is, an American netizen and a Russian netizen are quarreling because of the fighter issue. As a result, American netizens said that the strongest Eagle fighter is in the United States, while the strongest side fighter is in China. This sentence is really a bit heart-wrenching, Lao Tie.