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2020-10-02
J-20 performance fully crushes the Rafale
The biggest feature of the fourth-generation fighter is stealth, which is also an unparalleled advantage of the fourth-generation fighter over the third-generation fighter. After in-depth upgrades, some third-generation and half-generation fighters are not inferior to the fourth-generation aircraft in terms of radar, avionics, weapon systems, and power systems. However, it is precisely because of the lack of stealth performance that the third-generation and fourth-generation fighters will meet in the long-range air combat phase. It is completely at a disadvantage. This is determined by the generational difference of fighter technology and cannot be changed through the upgrade of the airborne system.
The Rafale fighter is a relatively good three and a half generation fighter. The Indian Air Force, which has not yet been equipped with a stealth aircraft, has regarded it as a "spiritual pillar" since the introduction of the Rafale, and believes that the Rafale is an advanced aircraft with overall performance no less than stealth aircraft. Type, and often use the gust to compare with the J-20. In fact, the three generations of Rafale aircraft determine that it is not an opponent of stealth aircraft. Besides, the J-20 is not only stealth, but also surpasses Rafale in combat radius, avionics system, and weapon system, forming a comprehensive crushing advantage against Rafale.
The Indian Air Force moved out of the Su-30MKI
The performance gap between the Rafale and the J-20 is clear at a glance. The reason why the Indian Air Force often uses the Rafale to "fight" is simply because the Rafale is the most advanced model in its arsenal, but no matter how it compares, a three-generation fighter cannot It poses a challenge to the fourth-generation stealth aircraft, and the Indian Air Force naturally understands this truth. But in recent days, the unwilling Indian Air Force has "made a new way" and changed a challenger to "fight" with the J-20. However, this challenger is not a new fighter, but the Su-30MKI that we are very familiar with.
The Su-30MKI is an improved version tailored by Sukhoi for the Indian Air Force. The biggest feature of the Su-30MKI is that it is equipped with an AL-31FP thrust vector engine. The nozzle of this engine can be adjusted up and down by 15 degrees, making the Sukhoi The maneuverability of 30MKI is relatively strong. But the Su 30MKI is after all an old-fashioned fighter that is almost 20 years old. Although the power system is acceptable, radar and avionics and other systems have fallen behind, but the Indian Air Force is not the previous Su 30MKI. It is the "Super Sukhoi" after a comprehensive upgrade!
"Super Sukhoi" is still a third-generation aircraft
The Indian Air Force is currently equipped with nearly 300 Su-30MKIs, more than half of which are more than ten years old, and are slowly entering the mid-term upgrade stage. The Indian Air Force is currently planning a comprehensive upgrade of these Su-30s, including the replacement of "Snow Leopard" phased array radars, replacement of weapon systems capable of mounting "BrahMos" cruise missiles, and even plans to replace the latest Russian "Snow Leopard" cruise missiles. Product 30" engine to further improve the aircraft's air-control capability. The Indian Air Force refers to this upgrade as the "Super Sukhoi" program, and believes that the upgraded Su-30MKI has the ability to compete with the fourth-generation aircraft.
The current Su-30MKI is not equipped with phased array radar, and the weapon system can only rely on the insufficient performance of R-73 and R-77. Although the combat functions are comprehensive, it is still at the level of the third-generation aircraft, and is in the same echelon with the J-11BS. After a comprehensive upgrade, although the performance of the Su-30MKI will be greatly improved, it can only reach the level of a three-and-a-half-generation fighter. The lack of stealth determines that the Su-30MKI is not an opponent of the fourth-generation aircraft no matter how it is upgraded! More importantly, this upgrade plan has just begun and has not yet entered a substantive stage. The "Super Sukhoi" is still an advanced fighter in the imagination of the Indian Air Force.
Su-30MKI: Details
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