PAF J-35AE - News, Updates and Discussions

[NA71]

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[mythbuster]

If really sea skimming 3m above sea surface, that's something, though easily doable with fast microprocessors available today.

I mean, at that cruising height, it is next to impossible for any ship radar to detect them.....unless you have 24/7 AWACS cover looking fully down on the surface........

Ships should be equipped with high quality stealth balloons .

 

[Ali_Baba]

Indian SUPADUPA carriers will need to be permanently shifted to the Andaman Islands and stay their....lol

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A J-35 that can be refuelled in the air, with a clean profile and internally launched anti-ship missile is the mother of all problems for the IN Aircraft carrier right now. India's aircraft carriers have limited AEW&C( I don't think they have any - but I may have missed something).

 

[Aziqbal]

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dont think WS19 is a weak engine

wits been proven for Carrier launches

and hence WS19 should be good enough for J35A

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

They're very cautious now.




They have a long data base of excuses and denials to choose from when such events happen, here is a selection;

-Chinese finishing is not great, rivets will come loose when the J-35 makes turns. This can impact combat performance.
-Chinese engines still have issues so the PAF would only be able to do limited sorties. Chinese engines have around 60 hours flight time before they need an overhaul. Expert professor Shamrit Dudhwallah Gujarati has stated this in his doctorate from Indian Institute of Science.
-RAM coating by China is not great and they cut costs , in-line with Chinese build ethic. The jet itself will have fourth generation visibility and Indian radars can pick this up from 400 miles away.
-It's not a true stealth jet and a glorified flanker copy.
-Chinese air to air missiles have poor Active Radar Homing so the PL-15 will miss its target.
-Chinese avionic suites are three decades behind everyone else so PAF pilots will not see incoming threats till too late.


Finally;
The Rafale is created by the white man, as is the SU-57, this makes them superior to Asian yellow man.

The last line is the most important factor for Indians.

 

[Deino]

dont think WS19 is a weak engine

wits been proven for Carrier launches

and hence WS19 should be good enough for J35A

Could it be that you are confusing both? So far all naval J-35 are using the WS-21 and only the PLAAF J-35A have the WS-19 …

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

I’m assuming that the J-35s will see increased usage by Pak Navy, The new Base being reconstructed at Jiwani (saw a tweet) might host them (far from India) and at the perfect spot to give our Navy the very much needed cover against the numerical might of Indian Navy. ...

Don't forget our increased "Strategic Depth".
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia

• 2018: Pakistan Navy's independent Regional Maritime Security Patrol (RMSP) - from Gulf of Oman to Gulf of Aden
• 2025: Pak-Saudi Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) - Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf.

 

[Waz]

Could it be that you are confusing both? So far all naval J-35 are using the WS-21 and only the PLAAF J-35A have the WS-19 …

That's confirmed by the Chinese posters here as well. The WS-21 is what powers the J-35, not the WS-19, I asked this a few days back.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Then what is the gen of SU57? No super-cruise, no stealth, no modern avionics, no AESA radar, no link 16.....

4.5 at best.

Why would Russian aircraft use America's Link-16?

 

[东风夜放花千树]

wait for official confirmation from either side.... bro. we are only speculating based on OSINT.

We need to wait a long time.

Pakistan will only announce this news and hold a commissioning ceremony after it has fully mastered the use of these weapons.

As for China, our news media does not like to report such news. For example, in May 2025, Pakistan's J-10CE shot down a Rafale. It was not until January 9, 2026, that the National Defense Science and Technology Industry Bureau released the news. This is the only authoritative media that confirmed the achievement; other media only cited reports from other countries.

 

[东风夜放花千树]

F-35 is overhyped......just like Rafales are.........it go taken out by a low cost IIR missile.....i mean wtf.....since when did USAF started doing tactics like Indian Airforce clowns?

For a long time, the United States has maintained a leading position.

Their Air Force is accustomed to bombing ground targets without aerial opposition.

According to China's official media, in February 2026, a Chinese J-16 locked onto two American fifth-generation aircraft during an aerial confrontation, forcing the American fighters to withdraw.

In our multiple confrontations with the United States, media reports follow a regular pattern.

When China gains a minor advantage, neither Chinese nor American media report it.

When China gains a major advantage, Chinese media provide only brief coverage. For example, in the report about locking onto American fifth-generation aircraft, the news segment lasted only 77 seconds. This is the principle of “the fewer the words, the bigger the matter.”

I have placed the news report link below.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1MWHuz5ExP/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click&vd_source=178bd47d0ff718bf1eec24ddd12a3f1b

 

[MH.Yang]

Let me explain.

The J-35 of the Chinese Navy has long been in service, features such as the single-wheel landing gear also prove that it is not the naval J-35, so the number AVIC0001 should be the export version of the J-35A.

 

[东风夜放花千树]

The last line is the most important factor for Indians.

Because China is a developing country, its technology is still in the development stage.

So it is normal that the range of the PL-15 is inaccurate; that is an error caused by backward technology.

 

[Ali Yusuf]

Could it be that you are confusing both? So far all naval J-35 are using the WS-21 and only the PLAAF J-35A have the WS-19 …

AFAIK, WS-19 is the power plant that offers greater performance, and WS-21 is an older interim solution based on WS-13. The WS-19 took a while to attain full operational robustness.

The naval J-35s are being powered by the WS-19s.

Disappointing that WS-21 instead of WS-19 is powering the J-35AE.

 

[MH.Yang]

How will India respond to Pakistan's J-35A? Like Iran, with more S-400s and BrahMos?