{"id":1827426,"date":"2023-01-29T06:35:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T11:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1827426"},"modified":"2023-01-29T06:39:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T11:39:32","slug":"meet-the-f-15j-fighter-built-to-fight-china-and-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-f-15j-fighter-built-to-fight-china-and-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the F-15J Fighter: Built to Fight China and North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeet-the-f-15j-fighter-built-to-fight-china-and-north-korea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1827426&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/F-15J.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>JASDF\u2019s F-15J Peace Eagle: Ready to Take on China and North Korea?:<\/strong> In December 2022 Fumio Kishida, the Japanese Prime Minister, announced a plan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2023\/jan\/12\/japan-pm-fumio-kishida-proves-surprise-warrior-ahe\/\">double Japan\u2018s military spending by 2028<\/a> \u2014 bringing the nation into line with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/could-ukraine-really-join-nato\/\">NATO<\/a> Standard of 2% GDP\n<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our YouTube Channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@19fortyfive\/\">Here<\/a>. <em>19FortyFive<\/em> publishes original videos every day.)\n<\/p>\n<p>Some Japan analysts were surprised by this, Kishida-san being one. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japan.go.jp\/kizuna\/2022\/09\/future_without_nuclear_weapons.html\">Considered a dove<\/a> prior to winning the PM\u2019s seat back in September 2021.\n<\/p>\n<p>Given this announcement, it is now a great time to look at Japanese military capabilities, specifically the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JADF).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/asdf\/\">JASDF; (\u822a\u7a7a\u81ea\u885b\u968a, K\u014dk\u016b Jieitai<\/a>)\u2026starting with the F-15J Eagle.\n<\/p>\n<h2>F-15J Specifications and Origins<\/h2>\n<p>The American-made McDonnell Douglas \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boeing.com\/defense\/f-15ex\/\">Boeing now<\/a> \u2014 F-15 Eagle is a 4th Generation jet fighter that needs little introduction to most of our readers.<\/p>\n<p>In its many variants, this legendary 4th Generation jet fighter has accumulated a remarkable record of success since its debut in 1972. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/12\/pictures-the-5-best-fighter-jets-of-all-time\/\">104 to 0 air-to\u2013air kill ratio<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>F-15J in the case \u201cPeace Eagle\u201d\/F-15DJ\/F-15J Kai. While the original specimens were constructed in the USA under McDonnell Douglas, and then exported to Japan, the Japanese licensee Mitsubishi Heavy Industries built them in Japan starting in 1981. This company also built the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/stories\/editorial\/mitsubishi-a6m-zero-fighter\">A6M \u201cZero\u201d<\/a> Fighter of WWII.<\/p>\n<p>The F-15J flew its maiden flight on the 4th of June 1980. She was officially placed in operational service with JASDF, on 7th December 1981. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/meet-the-f-104-starfighter-the-first-mach-2-fighter\/\">F-104 Starfighter<\/a> as Japan\u2019s primary fighter plane.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to an anonymous staff writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryfactory.com\/aircraft\/detail.php?aircraft_id=2229\">MilitaryFactory.Com<\/a>, \u201cWhile appearing as a direct copy of the F-15C\/D models, the Japanese lack the ECM [electronic countermeasures] suites, RWR [radar warning receiver] units, and nuclear-delivery capability of their American counterparts\u2026The F-15J \u2018Kai\u2019 variant was brought online as a modernized version of the original F-15J fighters.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Powered by two <a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/collection-objects\/pratt-whitney-f100-pw-100-turbofan-engine\/nasm_A19900276000\">Pratt &#038; Whitney F100-100<\/a> or F100-200 turbofan engines, the F-15J zips through the sky at a max airspeed of 1,656 miles per hour with a 50,000 feet-per-minute rate of climb and an operating ceiling of 65,600 feet.<\/p>\n<p>Fuselage length is 63.81 feet, wingspan is 42.81 feet, and height is 18.54 feet, with an empty weight of 28,000 pounds and a maximum takeoff weight of 68,000 pounds.\n<\/p>\n<p>Armament consists of a single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warhistoryonline.com\/guns\/m61-vulcan.html?chrome=1\">M61 \u201cVulcan\u201d<\/a> 20mm automatic cannon along with ten external hardpoints that can accommodate either (A) homegrown Mitsubishi AAM-3, AAM-4, and AAM-5 missiles, or (B) the American-made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/12\/aim-9-is-the-sidewinder-the-best-u-s-missile-ever\/\">AIM-9 \u201cSidewinder\u201d<\/a> and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles.\n<\/p>\n<h2>F-15J Upgrades<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0Whilst American politicians, generals, and media pundits alike debate the viability of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/05\/f-15ex-fighter-is-it-worth-it\/\">F-15EX program<\/a>, JASDF has shown no qualms about installing necessary upgrades to the F-15J.\n<\/p>\n<p>In February 2022, i.e., a solid 10 months before the Kishida\u2019s decision to double military spending, a Japanese government spokesperson confirmed that 68 of its Peace Eagles (a rather ironic nickname for a warbird, neh?) would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/singapore-airshow\/2022\/02\/17\/japan-confirms-details-of-f-15j-upgrade-program-worth-56-billion\/\">receive a 646.5 billion yen<\/a> ($5.62B USD) upgrade that will improve its radar, electronic warfare, weapons carriage capacity, and stand-off weapon capabilities.\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition, that spokesperson confirmed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/en-us\/products\/jassm.html\">Lockheed Martin AGM-158<\/a> Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, or JASSM, would be integrated with the upgraded F-15s.\n<\/p>\n<h2>F-15J vs. Chinese and North Korean Fighters?<\/h2>\n<p>So then, how does Japan\u2019s F-15J stack up against the jet fighters of China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airuniversity.af.edu\/CASI\/PLAAF\/\">People\u2019s Liberation Army Air Force<\/a>\u00a0and North Korea\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/2022\/11\/why-north-koreas-air-force-struggles-to-keep-up-despite-numerical-advantages\/\">Korean People\u2019s Army Air and Anti-Air Force<\/a>? We\u2019ll tackle the second half of that question first since it\u2019s a more straightforward answer.<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, the superbly well-trained JASDF Eagle drivers would eat their North Korean adversaries\u2019 lunch in a hypothetical war over the Korean Peninsula or Sea of Japan.\n<\/p>\n<h3>F-15J vs. North Korea<\/h3>\n<p>The Korean Communist fighter pilots have the quantity \u2013 over 900 combat aircraft \u2014 but not the quality, in terms of the planes themselves or the pilot training.\n<\/p>\n<p>The most sophisticated fighter plane in the DPRK\u2019s aerial arsenal is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/12\/mig-29-fulcrum-the-jet-built-to-kill-f-15-and-f-16-fighters\/\">MiG-29 \u201cFulcrum<\/a>,\u201d which on paper is supposed to be the equal of the F-15, but has come up short against the Eagle in the cold hard realities of actual jet-to-jet combat in every matchup from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Every-Man-Tiger-Revised-Commander\/dp\/0425207366\">Operation Desert Storm<\/a> onward.\n<\/p>\n<p>It only gets worse for Kim Jong-un\u2019s flyboys from there, as they\u2019re stuck with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/07\/mig-23-the-worst-russian-jet-fighter-to-ever-fly\/\">MiG-23 \u201cFloggers\u201d<\/a> and Vietnam War vintage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/12\/fishbed-mig-21-plane\/\">MiG-21 Fishbeds<\/a>, Chengdu J-7 copies of the MiG-21, Shenyang J-5s (a copy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/12\/the-mig-17-fresco-a-good-russian-fighter-or-waste-of-rubles\/\">MiG-17 \u201cFresco\u201d<\/a>), Shenyang J-6s (a copy of the MiG-19 \u201cFarmer\u201d).\n<\/p>\n<h3>F-15J vs. China<\/h3>\n<p>As far as a theoretical matchup between the F-15J and Xi Jinping\u2019s PLAAF thugs, the matchup is a tad bit uncertain.\n<\/p>\n<p>China also has its fair share of older fighters such as the 1969-vintage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalaircraft.org\/planes\/j-8_finback.pl\">Shenyang J-8 \u201cFinback\u201d<\/a> and the aforementioned J-7.\n<\/p>\n<p>But not surprisingly, in the light of the PRC\u2019s large-scale military modernization efforts, the PLAAF has considerably more sophisticated warbirds in its fighter plane arsenal, such as Sukhoi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/06\/russias-su-27-flanker-fighter-on-the-brink\/\">Su-27 \u201cFlanker<\/a>,\u201d Su-30MKK \u201cFlanker-G,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/putin-has-plans-to-send-russias-powerful-su-35-fighter-to-iran\/\">Su-35 \u201cFlanker-E<\/a>,\u201d as well as the homegrown Chengdu J-10 and Shenyang J-11 and J-16 copies of those aforementioned Russian-designed fighters. These newer planes should theoretically put Chinese pilots on an even footing with their would-be Japanese adversaries. However, the actual performance of the Sukhois in the skies of Ukraine might give one reason for pause.\n<\/p>\n<p>What would be of greater concern to an Eagle driver, whether JASDF or USAF, in a fight against China, would be the Communist country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/05\/j-20-chinas-stealth-fighter-plan-to-beat-the-f-22-and-f-35-in-a-war\/\">J-20 W\u0113il\u00f3ng<\/a> (\u201cMighty Dragon\u201d), which is China\u2019s entry into the 5th Generation stealth fighter race, which at least some experts posit as the most capable aircraft deployed by any nation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacom.mil\/About-USINDOPACOM\/USPACOM-Area-of-Responsibility\/\">USINDOPACOM<\/a> area of responsibility (AOR). As it the J-20 is meant to tangle with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/12\/f-22-raptor-the-u-s-air-forces-unstoppable-stealth-fighter\/\">F-22 Raptor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/09\/aetp-vs-eep-the-f-35-engine-controversy\/\">F-35 Lightning II<\/a>, that, in turn, translates to a significant degree of superiority over any variant of the F-15.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Latest Military News<\/h2>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/dont-show-putin-this-picture-ukraine-is-getting-m1-abrams-tanks\/\"> Why Putin Fears the M1 Abrams Tank<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/my-military-experience-in-a-leopard-2-tank\/\"> I Went to War in the Leopard 2 Tank Ukraine Wants<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/12\/5-places-world-war-iii-could-start-in-2023\/\"> World War III \u2013 Where Could It Start<\/a>?\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/a-u-s-china-war-over-taiwan-how-bad-could-it-get\/\"> A U.S.-China War Over Taiwan Would Be Bloody <\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Christian D. Orr is a former Air Force Security Forces officer, Federal law enforcement officer, and private military contractor (with assignments worked in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kosovo, Japan, Germany, and the Pentagon). Chris holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Southern California (USC) and an M.A. in Intelligence Studies (concentration in Terrorism Studies) from American Military University (AMU). He has also been published in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailytorch.com\/2021\/12\/biden-drops-ball-on-electro-magnetic-pulse-security\/\">The Daily Torch<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academicapress.com\/journal\/V3-2\/JICS_Vol3_Is2_Orr_Final.pdf\">The Journal of Intelligence and Cyber Security<\/a>. Last but not least, he is a Companion of the Order of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navalorder.org\">Naval Order of the United States (NOUS)<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JASDF\u2019s F-15J Peace Eagle: Ready to Take on China and North Korea?: In December 2022 Fumio Kishida, the Japanese Prime Minister, announced a plan. double Japan\u2018s military spending by 2028 \u2014 bringing the nation into line with the NATO Standard of 2% GDP [embedded content] Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Here. 19FortyFive publishes original videos &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1827429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[6840,4501,16850,4004,9532,5220,3767,5213],"class_list":["post-1827426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-built","tag-china","tag-f-15j","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-korea","tag-meet","tag-north"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1827429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}