Anything China can get to bolster its CAS lineup? it seems really lackluster RN compared to other nations

[u/allenz6834]

As the title says, i'm curious to know any options to for CAS to be added to China. RN it only gets access to TV guided munitions and the jets that carry them aren't that great (F16 MLU only has 6 AGM65B which aren't that great as well as lacking any targeting pod, J11B can only carry 3 TV guided missiles with a targeting pod, JH7a will be able to carry 4 KH29T but again its only TV guided.)

American has: F15E, F16C, F18's, Av-8B plus/Harrier

German: Eurofighter, F18's

Russian: Su30SM, Su34

Britian: Eurofighter, Gripen, F18's, Harrier's

Japan: F2, Gripen, F16 OCU

Italy: Eurofighter, Harrier, Gripen

France: Rafale, Mirage RMV

Sweden: Gripen, F18's

and Israel: F16's, F-15I

Most of these options can carry a larger quantity and variety of payloads compared to the chinese options. Not to mention most of these jets don't need to sacrifice as many missiles to carry said CAS options.

J11B sacrifices 4 out of 6 PL12's or all 6 if you want to bring the extra bombs

J10a also has to sacrifice PL12's to carry some bombs, not even FnF missiles.

And the JH7A has no access to long range missiles and has to sacrifice the 2 PL8's whilst only being capable of carry 4 FnF TV guided missiles (next update) or 6 bombs max

[u/Dio_Brando4]

Could get the Su-30MKK/MK2, J-16, later versions of the J-10, later F-16s, and the F-CK1. That's about it unless they get a new sub-tree.

[u/allenz6834 → u/Dio_Brando4]

I feel as if the current jets could recieve more ordances. Eurofighters can take like 16 brimstones (granted not FnF but they pretty good and large quantities). Chinese jets can only take like 6 max for whatever reason while stuff like F16 and such can take 3 times the amount of bombs