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Originally Posted by lesrae
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Looks like an F16.  |
Doesn't look like any F-16 I've ever seen. |
From that angle I agree with Ducimus, it has strong similarities in the radome, intake and cockpit areas.
http://www.afterburnerseminars.com/r...hi_res/F16.jpg
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The Lavi, and now the J-10 was an F-16 improvement program. Yes it is an F-16 with forward canards. Wings, Body, and Tail are all the same. I assume the J-10 probably has Isreali avionics though, but at a cost of only $10 mil a copy, it is actually more likely to have Russian, possibly MiG-21 type avionics. Regardless, with a engine like that in it, it is probably a very agile dogfighter.
There is one disadvatage to this J-10 however - with that engine in it, it has got to be extremely short ranged (the Russian engines are fuel hungry and you need a platform like the SU-27 to carry enough fuel) - so just run it our of gas like the Isrealies did to the Syrian MiG's way back when.
The F-16 only holds 7200 lbs of fuel - which is fine for the P&W and GE engines it is supposed to carry,
-S