The Chinese will replace Russian fighter engines with their own

Sunson Guo @flicker

Китайцы заменят российские двигатели на истребителях собственными — Ferra.ru:

Translated by google


The media reported that the Chinese will replace Russian engines on fifth-generation fighters J-10 with their own. The country has already launched the production of the latest parts.

About this writes "Military Review", referring to Chinese television. It is reported that we are talking about the Taihang-10 engine (or WS-10). This is a turbojet with a controlled thrust vector, which uses technology to reduce the visibility of infrared radiation. The engines have already passed trial operation on fighters J-10, J-15 and J-16.

The latest modification of the WS-10 will be used on J-20 aircraft. Engines will replace the Russian AL-31F. And this will make the fighter less noticeable. It is also known that the surface of the nozzle is coated with a special composition based on silver.

There is no exact information about the thrust of the latest version of the Chinese engine.

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