New Chinese J-10A (歼十 猛龙)

New Chinese J-10B coming soon!!!

A New J-10B fighter had being reviewed. It is an upgraded variant of J-10. It used DSI (divertless supersonic intakes), AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) or PESA (Passive Electronically Scanned Array) radar, IRST (Infra-red search and track) system, new HUD (Head-up display), larger tail fin, a further reduced radar cross-section.

New J-10B can compare with F-16E/F Block 60, JAS 39 Gripen, Eurofighter Typhoon, Rafale, F/A-18E,F Super Hornet, Mirage 2000, Mitsubishi F-2.

J-10A can compare with Mirage 2000, F-16C/D Block 40, F/A-18E,F Super Hornet, MiG-29 and Mitsubishi F-2

General characteristics
Crew: 1 or 2
Length: 16.5 m (54 ft)
Wingspan: 11.3 m (37 ft 2 in)
Height: 6.0 m (15 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 45.5 m² (490 ft)
Empty weight: 8000~9,730 kg (21,460 lb)
Useful load: 5,500 kg (9 920 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 19,277 kg (42,498 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Saturn-Lyulka AL-31FN or Woshan WS-10A "Taihang" turbofan
Dry thrust: 89.43 kN / 89.17 kN (17,860 lbf / 20,052 lbf)
Thrust with afterburner: 122.5 kN / 129.4 kN (27,557 lbf / 29,101 lbf)

Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 at altitude, Mach 1.2 at sea level
Maximum range: 2,940 km
Combat radius: 750+ km
Service ceiling: 20,000 m (65,617 ft)

Armament
Guns: 2× 23 mm internal cannon
Hardpoints: 11, 3 under each wing and 5 under the fuselage
Missiles:
Air-to-air: PL-8, PL-9, PL-11, PL-12
Air-to-surface: PJ-9, YJ-9K, 90 mm unguided rocket launcher pods
Bombs: laser-guided bombs (LT-2), glide bombs (LS-6) and unguided bombs

The Lavi was an Israeli project based on the F-16, it was a great success so much so that the US feared competition with there top seller the F16; so the US pulled strings and the Lavi was canceled.

The J-10 has about 0% commonality with the Lavi. They are completely different sizes, Lavi is lighter than the F-16C and the J-10 is larger than the F-16C, they share nothing in common apart from general layout and even then there different proportions.