Does our active J-7 have over-the-horizon attack capability?
It is good for you to say that "the enemy discovers first, and the enemy destroys first", but first you must have your own two factors. One is that you should have good stealth ability, that is to say, your aircraft radar reflection surface should be small. In addition, you should have a high-performance search radar, and the stealth performance is no better. You can't do this without radar. The famous F- 165438+. His stealth performance is excellent (the radar reflection area is as large as that of F- 16 flying helmet), but why did he finally retire and use it as an attack plane most of the time when he was in service? The reason is that he didn't search radar, so this gave birth to the present F-22 Raptor. The slogan of F-22 is "The enemy discovers first, and the enemy destroys first"! As for the second-generation aircraft like J -7MG/F, even if it can attack beyond the line of sight, it is a bit dangerous to fight against the third-generation aircraft, not to mention the fourth-generation aircraft like F-22 and T-50. There is no hope at all! If the battlefield is in China, we can use high-power radars such as land-based radar and early warning aircraft to search and then guide the fighters to attack. If you fight in non-domestic fields, you can only rely on your own search radar! Aircraft engagement, simply put, is to see whose radar performance is good. As long as we can find the target in advance, isn't that a missile? But the key to the problem is whether you can "find the enemy first". Of course, the quality of pilots who fly planes also has a great influence, but if the gap between the two planes is too big, it is not the pilot's combat experience that can make up for it! I hope my answer is helpful to you!