Chinese JH-7 Flying Leopard Fighter-Bomber

Jian HongJH-7A is a tactical fighter bomber aircraft which has been developed by the Xian Aircraft Industry Corporation, China.

Specifications (JH-7)

• Crew: 2: pilot, weapons operator. Payload:  9,000 kg  (19,842 lb) of weapons
• Length: 22.32 m (73 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 12.8 m (41 ft 7 in)
• Height: 6.22 m (20 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: m² (ft²)
• Empty weight: 14,500 kg  (31,900 lb)
• Loaded weight: kg (lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 28,475 kg (62,720 lb)
• :Powerpant: 2 × xian WS9 (a license-built Spey Mk202) afterburning .
  • Dry thrust: 54.29 kN (12,250 lbf) each
  • Thrust with afterbuner: 91.26 kN (20,515 lbf) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 1.75 (1,808 km/h, 1,122 mph)
• Combat radius: 1,759 km (890 nm, 1,093 mi)
• Ferry range 3,700 km (1,970 nm, 2,299 mi)
• Serivce ceiling; 16,000 m (51,180 ft)
• Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)

Armament

• Guns: 1× 23mm twin-barrel GSh-23GL autocannon,  300 rounds
• Hardpoints: 9 in total (6× under-wing, 2× wing-tip, 1× under-fuselage) with a capacity of 9,000 kg (20,000 lb) external fuel and ordnance
• Rockets: 57mm/90mm unguided rocket pods
• Missiles:
  
  • Air -to -air missiles:PL-8   PL-9     PL-5
  • Anti -ship missiles:
    • Yingji-8K
    • Yingji-82K
    • Kongdi-88
  • Anti- radiation missiles:
    • Yingji-91

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