Which unit developed the JF-30?

The unit that developed, designed and produced the J-20!

True, with the completion of the final design of the J-20, especially after the S-15 finally reached mass production, the J-20 reached all the design standards, and a new project was needed to maintain the design team of the J-20, and the design work, or rather improvement, of the carrier-based version would obviously not be too large.

It was in this way that the JF-30 project was launched, or rather, began to move forward at full speed.

In any case, hundreds of senior engineers of the J-20 project need to have something to do, they need to receive a salary and a bonus, so naturally they have to be assigned jobs.

If there is nothing to do, these designers who already have a lot of experience will be lost.

Obviously, it is not cost-effective to wait until 10 or even 20 years from now to train designers.

It can be said that this is the internal impetus for the introduction of the JF-30 project.

So, what about extrinsic motivation?

Obviously, the seizure of international markets is only one thing, and it is not the most important.

The biggest external motivation is actually to open up a completely new market, that is, the fourth-generation heavy fighter market, so that it is possible to export heavy fighters!

You must know that in Huaxia's fighter export list, heavy fighters are always blank.

Today, there are only two countries that export heavy fighters, Russia and the United States.

It's just that soon there will be only one left, and that is the United States.

Russia can also export heavy fighters, but only because the United States has not lifted the export ban on F-22A, so there are still some markets for Russia's third-generation aircraft, at least when compared with the F-15 provided by the United States, there will be no obvious performance gap, and the price is relatively cheap, so for some countries that need heavy fighters, Russian fighters are still very attractive.

Doesn't Huaxia have heavy fighters?

Of course there is, and the Huaxia Air Force is dominated by heavy fighters.

It's just that those J-27 and J-30, which were developed from the Su-11SK and Su-16MKK, cannot be exported, and therefore cannot compete in the international market.

It is precisely because of this that Huaxia has always competed in the international market, and it has always been medium and light fighters.

Although the market for heavy fighters is not large, the profits are frighteningly high.

To put it simply, the money you make from selling one heavy fighter is equivalent to selling three medium fighters.

What's more, heavy fighters have more value than profits.

What is it worth?

Political and diplomatic influence.

It can be said that whether or not heavy fighters can be exported, and to how many countries they can be exported, is a symbolic sign of the international status of a great power.

Russia's economic strength is so weak, but it is treated as a big power, why?

It depends on military strength, and in addition to its performance in the war, what demonstrates Russia's military strength is the weapons and equipment that are exported to all parts of the world.

Among them, heavy fighters are the most eye-catching.

Obviously, Huaxia will definitely try to export heavy fighters as a way to establish the status of a military power.

It's just that the only one that can be used for export is the J-20.

The problem is that in the absence of the export of the F-22A by the United States, the Chinese authorities, especially the leaders, will certainly consider the problem from the perspective of the international environment and will not agree to export the J-20.

Why?

Any kind of heavy fighter is actually a genuine multi-role fighter, and it has a strike capability that is incomparable with other fighters.

To put it bluntly, for many small and medium-sized countries, heavy fighters are strategic weapons, not tactical weapons.

Why?

Taking Saudi Arabia and Iran as examples, isn't a heavy fighter with a combat radius of up to 1,500 kilometers and capable of carrying several tons of precision ammunition to launch a surprise strike on the enemy's strategic targets?

You must know that neither Saudi Arabia nor Iran has a strategic depth of several thousand kilometers, and its entire territory is within the strike range of the opponent's heavy fighters.

If it's just a third-generation aircraft, then it's okay to say.

After all, third-generation aircraft do not have stealth capabilities, so it is difficult to survive in the face of modern air defense systems, and therefore it is difficult to use them to carry out strategic strike missions.

What about fourth-generation aircraft?

With its powerful stealth capability, the fourth-generation aircraft can easily destroy the enemy's strategic facilities, and even directly defeat the enemy's air defense system.

It can be seen that the fourth-generation heavy fighter is a strategic weapon.

If Saudi Arabia acquires dozens of J-20s or F-22As, it is not guaranteed to launch a surprise attack on Iran and destroy Iran's defense forces in one fell swoop.

Similarly, if Iran had these fighter jets, it would be equally likely to launch a surprise strike against Saudi Arabia.

It is precisely for this reason that the United States and China have restricted the sale of fourth-generation heavy fighters.

Of course, as long as the United States breaks this rule, Huaxia can justifiably export the J-20, and must also export the J-20 to offset the impact of the F-22A on the international situation.

So, here's the problem.

That is, how can the United States export the F-22A?

Obviously, this is the fundamental reason why the JF-30 came out at this time.

Although the JF-30 is aimed at the F-35A, and it mainly emphasizes air supremacy, it is an air supremacy fighter, and the multi-purpose performance is not very obvious, at least at the beginning, it was not advertised as a multi-role fighter, but in order to suppress the JF-30, the United States can only pick up the F-22A.

To put it simply, if the Saudis get enough JF-30s, will they pose a threat to Israel?

You must know that Israel's hegemony in the Middle East mainly relies on its powerful air power.

Although the JF-30 is not a multi-role fighter, Israel does not have a very powerful air defense system, and its territorial air defense relies on fighter jets.

In front of the JF-30, the Israeli F-35A simply does not take advantage.

If it can't be defeated in the air, can Israel still maintain air supremacy?

Without air supremacy, what will Israel do to defend its homeland?

Then, it is also necessary to provide Israel with a better fighter than the F-35A, that is, the F-22A.

If it was sold to Israel, why can't it be sold to Japan and South Korea?

Of course, Japan also needs the F-22A, and even more urgently, because Japan is facing Huaxia, which has the J-20, and the F-35A is clearly not an opponent of the J-20.

It's just that the United States has troops stationed in Japan and can also use its own F-22A to support Japan's native air defense.

It can be said that when the JF-30 is shipped in large quantities, it will be too late for the United States, and it will have to re-produce the F-22A before the JF-30 is mass-produced, and the export ban will be lifted.

Obviously, Huaxia will inevitably simultaneously lift the ban on the export of J-20.

At that time, it was not the JF-30 that competed with the F-22A in the international market, but the export version of the J-20.

As for the JF-30, it can become the main fighter of small and medium-sized countries, and it can also become a countering fighter for regional powers, forming a complete product line with the J-20.

At this point, China has become the only country other than the United States that can provide complete air power.

At that time, who remembered Russia, remembered France, remembered Eurofighter?