{"id":154468,"date":"2026-07-12T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154468"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:00:07","slug":"what-does-chinas-j-16-fighter-jet-in-beast-mode-mean-for-pla-air-force-patrols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154468","title":{"rendered":"What does China\u2019s J-16 fighter jet in \u2018beast mode\u2019 mean for PLA Air Force patrols?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA newly emerged image of a PLA J-16 multirole fighter jet in a rare, heavy air\u2011superiority \u201cextreme loadout\u201d configuration points to an extension of long-range tactical capabilities, according to a Chinese military magazine.<br \/>\nIn an analysis published this month, Ordnance Science and Technology said the photo of a J\u201116 carrying multiple long\u2011range missiles circulating in May showed that China\u2019s air force had developed more offensive tactical capabilities.<br \/>\n\u201cThis J-16 sortie used 10 external-weapon&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3360170\/what-does-chinas-j-16-fighter-jet-beast-mode-mean-pla-air-force-patrols?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA newly emerged image of a PLA J-16 multirole fighter jet in a rare, heavy air\u2011superiority \u201cextreme loadout\u201d configuration points to an extension of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154468"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}