2020-12-20 14:08
At the end of July this year, the first batch of five Rafale fighters ordered by the Indian Air Force from France arrived.
According to the Indian Air Force’s plan, a total of 36 Rafale fighter jets were ordered from France, 18 of which will be equipped in the Indian Air Force’s 17th Golden Arrow fighter squadron. The squadron is stationed at Ambala Air Force Base for Pakistan. In preparation for line operations, the other 18 will be equipped with the 101 Falcon Squadron stationed at the Hasimara base in West Bengal to deal with the eastern powers.
According to a report on the Indian “timesnownews” website on September 6, 2020, with the successful arrival of the first batch of Rafale fighters purchased by the Indian Air Force, Pakistan is fully aware that the arrival of Rafale fighters will change the game of Indian-Pakistani air combat. rule. As a result, Pakistan has restarted negotiations on the introduction of J-10C fighters from China, seeking to import 30 J-10C fighters and supporting advanced air-to-air missiles from China.
Whether or not Pakistan will buy the J-10C is still uncertain at present, and it is still pending a response from Pakistani officials. However, foreign media speculate that if you really want to buy, I believe the speed will be very fast, because the Pakistan Air Force's style of work is resolute and high-efficiency, and the "Fierce Dragon" and the J-10C are both produced by Chengfei, and the Pakistan Air Force will follow. Flying is quite familiar, you should have a thorough understanding of the performance of the J-10C, and you should be satisfied with its performance.
According to Indian media reports, in addition to purchasing the J-10CE fighter, Pakistan also requires the introduction of a series of supporting weapons, including the Pili-10E close-range combat missile and the Pili-15 long-range air-to-air missile.
This is very important. The aircraft is just a platform. What really consumes a lot of it is the airborne weapons. The previous "Fierce Dragon" fighter jets were displayed at the Zhuhai Air Show together with a large number of airborne weapons, including in recent years. A new type of airborne weapon developed.
The Indian media reported that the most important thing is that China not only exports fighter jets and airborne weapons, but also provides a complete set of technologies and allows Pakistan to assemble, produce and maintain at home. This is in the joint development of the "Fierce Dragon" fighter jet. It is very good, and I believe it will be easy to do on the future J-10C.
The Indian media speculated that the reason why China dared to export an advanced three-generation and a half fighter like the J-10C is because it already has a more advanced four-generation stealth fighter, the J-20, and the next-generation fighter is also being developed.
So, which performance is better, J-10C or "Rafale"?
To be honest, these two aircraft really have a good fight, because they are the same three generations of semi-fighters, and they are all duck layouts, and the airborne avionics systems and airborne weapons are also quite advanced.
Specifically, in terms of stealth, the J-10C is better than the "Rafale", because the J-10C uses a non-surface baffle air inlet that is conducive to stealth, plus wing/rudder modification, With a variety of stealth designs such as gap shielding, the radar reflection signal characteristic is smaller, which reduces the distance of the opponent's discovery.
In terms of flight performance, the J-10C has certain advantages in lift-drag characteristics and wing load. Its stable maneuverability and instantaneous maneuverability are better than "gust", and its acceleration and vertical maneuverability have greater advantages.
In terms of avionics systems, the Rafale exported to India is replaced with an active phased array radar, but its nose is sharpened and the radar has a smaller caliber. It is not as good as the J-10C in terms of range, detection accuracy and anti-jamming. . At the same time, its airborne photoelectric (composite infrared) search and tracking system is also restricted by the sharpened nose. Although the technical level is not low, the size is limited and the performance is still at a disadvantage.
In terms of airborne air combat weapons, the J-10C also has certain advantages. The Pili-10 combat bomb adopts infrared imaging guidance and a solid rocket motor with a larger diameter. It has strong detection capability, longer range, good maneuverability and large overload, which is better than the French Matera grappling bomb; solid rocket motor medium-range bomb Pili-12 Compared with the legal "Mika", the range is longer, the detection capability is stronger, the engine working time is longer, and the maneuverability is high; the Pili-15 with dual-pulse solid rocket motor, facing the European medium-range missile "Meteor", has stronger detection capability and longer range Far, more mobility.
On the whole, the air combat capability of the J-10C is better than that of the "Rafale". In terms of ground and sea attacks, the "Rafale" has a larger ammunition capacity and is better than the J-10C.
The battle between the J-10C and the "Rafale" may be the beginning. In a few years, India and Pakistan may be the battle of stealth fighters. India may buy F-35B from the United States, and Pakistan may buy FC from China. -31 improved or even more advanced models.
Finally, I would like to mention the issue of the export model of the J-10C.
At the 16th Dubai Air Show last year, the J-10C export model made its debut, marking the official export of my country’s most advanced three-generation and semi-fighter J-10C. At the beginning, the display board on the AVIC booth showed that the name of the J-10C export model was J-10CE, but then the display board was changed and the name was changed and the name was changed to FC-20E.
In fact, before that, the J-10 had intended to export. At the 2016 Singapore Air Show, the aviation industry showed the export model of the J-10 fighter jet for the first time, named FC-20. Since the export model of the F-10 is called FC-20, it is logical that the export model of F-10C is called FC-20E. From this point of view, the J-10CE may only be a temporary domestic name, and the real name should be FC-20E.
