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That seems difficult, because the PLA still has a considerable number of J-10 J-10A and J-11B in service. The J-8F might contain related sensitive technologies (like datalinks and electronic warfare), and when it comes to secrecy, the military is always the most conservative, you know. This is also why the variant Deka chose this time is one that never served in the PLA. I personally think Deka's next aircraft after the J-8 will be a later variant of the Q-5. This aircraft type has been completely retired and has enough unique characteristics (as a high-speed penetration attacker).

it seems Deka has been busy with the maintenance of the JF-17 for some time, but they have recently shifted their focus to the J-8. Preparations for the J-8's development began as early as four or five years ago. Considering that its avionics, being a second-generation fighter, won't be too complex, the process might be very fast.

I've seen the reference you used before. If I'm not mistaken, it comes from Indian media. Although the conclusion is already obvious now, I still want to point out that India is a highly idealistic and religious country, and they are very adept at drawing conclusions first and then finding arguments to support them. Their media is lost in a daydream of surpassing China (even though they don't even have a reliable military industry). Therefore, when you see articles from Indian media, you can basically ignore them. They contain almost no useful data, and every conclusion simply boils down to "India is the strongest." Getting back to the topic of the post, on a purely data level, the JF-17 would have a hard time defeating the Rafale. No matter how advanced the JF-17's weapons and avionics are, they cannot hide the inherent flaws that come with its light fighter airframe. The two are simply not comparable in terms of airframe performance and weapon payload, and this is the JF-17's main disadvantage. Of course, the JF-17's advantage is that you can get a very advanced fighter for a very cheap price. For just $90 million, you can buy an advanced weapons platform equipped with an AESA radar, complete with a full set of maintenance equipment and armaments. This price doesn't even cover the manufacturing cost of a single Rafale. Their operational costs aren't on the same level either. The JF-17 has very low sustainment costs, is easy to maintain, and has a high availability rate. It can operate from almost any airfield, which is something the Rafale cannot do.

The updated J-11A can't customise the cockpit like other FC3 mods, is there any workaround? I tried putting the custom cockpit file into Saved Games/DCS/Liveries/Cockpit_J-11A/, but it didn't work after restarting the game.

It's time to stop the pointless stuffing of modelling and textures， the F4 and F14 visuals are pretty much the same as the F16, JF17, FA18, but the frame rate drops considerably, not to mention that this behaviour affects all users, because even if you don't buy the plane, the huge texture maps and liveries will be downloaded to your computer as the game updates. I think users should be given the right to choose, like COD17 launched the HD texture pack, users can choose according to their needs.

Thank you, this is truly a map full of surprises:)

There are many special locations appearing in the promotional video, such as tank training grounds and Devil's Mountain, but they are not clearly marked on the map. Is there any coordinate or map marker for these special locations to help me quickly find them

But what I'm looking forward to the most is the high-fidelity R-27/R73/R60

The locking time of helmet sights may significantly increase

Yes, I also remember the release date was in the second quarter of this year, but I couldn't find the source. It may have come from some unremarkable update announcement

Great, the new map of the Kola Peninsula requires this Also, can you include the Minsk when making the Kiev-class aircraft carrier? It recently caught fire and was badly damaged and is unlikely to be repaired again