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General Background

The Su-27S (NATO reporting name – Flanker) is a single-seat highly-maneuverable fighter aircraft built by Sukhoi Design Breau as the Soviet response to the U.S. F-14 and F-15 and entered service in 1985. The primary role of the Su-27 was to provide defense against American bombers, USN ships and provide Soviet bomber escorts. There have been many improvements over the years resulting in numerous variants of the Su-27. The export variant, the Su-27SK was sold to China and eventually developed into the license-built Shenyang J-11.

The Aircraft

The greatly improved version of the Su-27, the J-11B entered service in 2000 with more composite materials, modern avionics, a better fire control system and new turbofan-10B engines. Most J-11B nose cones are black but the new J-11BG wears a grayish-white cone. It is thought that there is a new active phased array radar that can detect targets at a greater range and angle. The J-11BG can be armed with the Thunderbolt 10 and 15 missiles as well as PL-15 long-range Air To Air missiles.

Specifications :

Original Variant Entered Service:	1998
Variants:	J-11 - Chinese-assembled licensed copy of the Su-27SK J-11B - Chinese variant of Su-27SK, with Chinese weapon, engine and avionics J-11BS - two-seat fighter-trainer version of the J-11B J-11BH – Naval version of the J-11B J-11BSH – Naval version of the J-11BS Production As Of 2017 J-11A/B/BS - 205 J-11BH – 72
Crew:	J-11A/B/BH – 1 J-11BS/BSH – 2
Dimensions	J-11A/B/BH Length - 21.90 meters Wingspan - 14.70 meters Height - 5.92 meters J-11BS/BSH Length - 21.90 meters Wingspan - 14.70 meters Height - 6.30 meters
Weight:	J-11A/B/BH: 30,450 kg J-11BS/BSH: 33,000 kg
Performance
Power Plant:	J-11A – 2 X Lyulka AL-31F Turbofans, 75.22 kN Dry or 122.60 kN with afterburner (each) J-11A Total Engine Power – 150.44kN (80.334 hp) dry or 245.20 (130,936 hp) with afterburner J-11B/BH/BS/BSH - 2 x Woshan WS.10A Taihang turbofans, 89.17 kN dry or 132 kN with afterburner (each) J-11B/BH/BS/BSH Total Engine Power - 178.34 kN ( 95,233 hp) dry or 264 kN (140,976 hp) with afterburner
Maximum speed:	Mach 2.35 (2,878 km/h)
Rate Of Climb:	18,300 meters/min
Service Ceiling :	19,000 meters
Range:	3,530 km
Armament:	J-11A - 1 x 30mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 gun and 10 hardpoints J-11B/BH/BS/BSH - 1 x 30mm gun with 150 rounds and 10 hardpoints with a capacity of 4,400 kg Bombs 250 kg Laser guided bombs 250 kg low drag general purpose – cluster bombs Unguided Rockets - 90mm rocket pods Air-Air-Missiles J-11A Variant - PL.8 – PL.9 – PL.12 – AA.10 "Alamo" – AA.11 "Archer" – AA.12 "Adder" J-11B/BH/BS/BSH Variants - PL.8 – PL.9 – PL.12 Cruise Missiles J-11B/BH/BS/BSH - YJ-83K anti ship cruise missile