In this great military parade, the most eye-catching fighter in the air echelon was obviously the fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft J-35. Although this fighter has not yet entered the stage of mass installation, its debut at the military parade has shown that this fighter has met the conditions for mass production, and it has appeared at the air show many times before this, which shows that China's second fifth-generation fighter has entered the final stage before service.
Recently, in a special column released by my country CCTV, the J-35 carrier-based aircraft was emphasized. It was clearly mentioned in the program that our 5th generation carrier-based aircraft will focus on air control.
After the aircraft carrier uses this fighter, our navy will quickly achieve a huge transformation from offshore defense to far-sea strategy.
You should know that when the fifth-generation fighter performs air supremacy, it has a huge advantage, that is, it has stealth performance against radar. In actual combat environments, the fifth generation of carrier-based aircraft can use this feature to launch a deadly attack on the enemy's air force.
In addition, the program also specifically mentioned that the J-35 has elastic and slip compatibility characteristics.
This is also the first time that our authoritative media has confirmed in a related program that our 5th generation carrier-based aircraft has dual takeoff characteristics. In my opinion, this makes a lot of sense. At present, my country's aircraft carrier development has entered the flat plate catapult stage, but the Liaoning and Shandong ships still use the method of ski jump takeoff! Moreover, since the deck that takes off with a ski jump is different from the straight deck, there is no way to carry out direct electromagnetic catapult transformation. So before our CCTV first confirmed the dual purpose of this fifth-generation aircraft, there were many opinions that the Liaoning and Shandong were unable to take off the fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft, which would lead to the combat effectiveness of these two aircraft carriers becoming increasingly unsatisfied with the times in the future development. And now this concern no longer exists. With the launch of the J-15 carrier-based aircraft, these two conventionally powered aircraft carriers that have taken off with ski jump can also use the fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft to fight normally, which is very beneficial for greatly improving the combat capabilities of the aircraft carrier.
From this perspective, when considering the design of the launch, the J-35 fighter fully takes into account the two ski-jump-taken aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and Shandong, so that all our aircraft carrier platforms can directly enter the ranks of fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft.
This time, after our CCTV confirmed the two takeoff modes of the J-35 fighter for the first time, another fighter also attracted my attention. This fighter is the Air Police 600 carrier-based early warning aircraft that also appeared at the military parade. Since the fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft can already board the aircraft carrier that takes off with ski jumps, can this early warning function also board the Liaoning and Shandong ships?
You should know that until now, the early warning methods of our aircraft carrier battle groups mainly rely on their own radar systems and air helicopter warning platforms. Air warning is equivalent to the "Eye of God" for the future sea and air battlefields, and we are limited by the platform in this field and have not been truly developed. However, if there is a large fixed-wing early warning aircraft, the aircraft carrier battle group can see further and quickly collect and compatible with more information.
When our J-35 fighter jet is in charge of ski jump takeoff when designing it, is it possible for the KJ600, as a fixed-wing early warning aircraft, to ski jump takeoff?
I personally think it is very possible for this problem. The KJ600 is a propeller aircraft. During World War II, this type of aircraft had the conditions to take off on the deck of the aircraft carrier. The length of the No. 3 takeoff point of the Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers is 195 meters. Theoretically, this data can guarantee the takeoff of the propeller aircraft to a certain extent.
KJV 600 uses two AEP500 turboprop engines, with a single power of more than 5,000 horsepower, which can provide strong power for this aircraft. When the aircraft carrier is driving against the wind and the speed reaches about 30 knots, the KJV 600 takes off in the wind. The powerful power combined with the ski jump deck angle is likely to soar directly.
Of course, this take-off method extremely tests the aircraft's lift and flight control system. At these two points, the Air Guard 600 also has advantages. For example, the leading edge slit of the wing increases the lift coefficient by 30%. This design obviously takes into account the short-range or ski jump take-off method. There is also a digital flight control system that can automatically adjust the angle of the aircraft flap based on the actual situation of the deck more sensitively than personnel, including the wind speed facing it. Using this intelligent system can greatly improve the safety and success rate of aircraft takeoff.
So from these situations, our KJ600 should have considered short range and ski jump takeoff when designing the take-off and landing mode. In other words, this fixed-wing early warning aircraft is not only the USS Fujian aircraft carrier, but also compatible with the other two aircraft carriers.
With the fifth generation of carrier-based aircraft and fixed-wing early warning aircraft, our aircraft carrier will directly transform, greatly avoiding some unfavorable combat modes of ski jump aircraft carriers, and developing from direct air defense aircraft carriers to strike aircraft carriers. From this point of view, the emergence of these two equipment is of great significance.
