The Daesŭngri DS-5 (Formal designation: 대승리 5호 전투기 / 大勝利五號戰鬪機, Daesŭngri O-ho Jŏntugi, "Daesŭngri No.5 Fighter;" Short designation 대승-5 Daesŭng-o "Daesŭng-5") is a single-seat, third-generation jet fighter developed in the Democratic People's Republic of Menghe by the Daesŭngri Aircraft Design Bureau. It was the first Menghean jet aircraft of entirely domestic design. Key features included variable-sweep wings and a radar capable of guiding radar-guided air-to-air missiles.

Over the course of its 22-year production span, the DS-5 was built in twelve major variants, including an air superiority fighter (DS-5G), a dedicated ground-attack aircraft (DS-5N), a reconnaissance platform (DS-5JCh), a carrier-based fighter (DS-5HM), two multiroles (DS-5D and DS-5R), and twin-seat trainer variants for most of these. Nearly 1,700 airframes of all types were produced in total between 1977 and 1999. The DS-5M remains in active service with several mid-readiness squadrons in the Menghean Army, and other DS-5 variants have been exported abroad.

(Source: IIWiki)

Variants

• DS-5N

Introduced in 1980, the DS-5N was a major upgrade that corrected a number of serious problems with the DS-5G. It was fitted with a license-produced version of the targeting suite from the Letnian MiG-23MF, the main MiG-23 export variant. This included a Sapfir-23D radar, a TP-23 IRST sensor under the nose, and an improved head-up display. The variable-angle splitter plates were also restored, improving high-altitude performance, and more reliable avionics and airspeed sensors were installed.

The new radar had a claimed 45km range against a fighter-sized target, and it could support guidance for the R-23 missile, providing BVR capability for the first time. It had some look-down/shoot-down capability, but this relied on envelope limitation rather than the Doppler effect, so ground reflections could still interfere in targeting at low altitudes. The DS-5N was the most numerous air-superiority variant of the DS-5, with close to 600 airframes produced in total.

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Notes

• This aircraft is based on this livery:
  
• Sweep wing systems can be activated by activating the Activation Group 5 + VTOL up. For landing, make sure the Activation Group 5 is disabled (or if it's enabled, disable Activation Group 5), then VTOL down for flaps.
  

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Credits

• O5BIRD (Cockpit of a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MLD)