A knotty design conundrum! Using some 'imagineering', what if the Curtis XP55 'Ascender' and the Kyushu J7W 'Shinden' went into production and both spawned navalised variants for carrier deployment. The thorny issue of deck landing arises; 3-point tricycle landing gear means the awkward...
Speculation is growing in Chinese forums over the possibility that Shenyang are designing a new J-13 naval fighter, possibly using technologies from their next generation fighter bid for J-14 which appears to have been rejected in favour of Chengdu's design.
Whether this is simply a Chinese...
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