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Disclaimer:

I am not a military aviation expert, and I don’t play one on TV.

My impression of that plane is that it looks like an F-14 (at first glance). That’s all!

:^)

[Jeff Head]

No problems. it's about the same size and has many of the same capailities. But that's where it ends. The F-14 had a swing wing, had two personnel in the cockpit, does not have a foward canard in front of the main wing, and carried the AIM-54 Phoenix missile which had a range of about 120+ knuatical miles.

The J-15 has the forward canard to add more life and help some in manueverability, it has fixed wings, has a single pilot, etc.

Here's a picture of the two side by side:

Hope that helps.

The issue is that the Chinese are advancing rapidly and building very wuickly...phenominally. My dad, before he passed away in 2004 (and it has increased since then) said it reminded him of the naval buildup before World War II of the JApanese and the Germans.

[Jeff Head]

Oops...hehehe.

The cannard on the J-15 adds a little more more LIFT for takeoff from their jump ramp. Not necessarily more life.

LOL!

[Jeff Head]

Here's the F-14 with its wings in the forward swing position for lower speeds.

More first glans similarities perhaps in that configuration I suppose.