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11-01-16, 11:42 AM | #1 |
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See China's new fighter jet in action
Bit of a copycat but that's nothing unusual these days.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_...lines/37831721
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11-01-16, 11:49 AM | #2 |
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Looks kind of familiar,lol Wouldn't trust its reliability though.
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11-01-16, 11:56 AM | #3 |
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No surprises there, it's the popular design for gen 5 fighters. I think the only one doesn't look like that is Japans X-2 Shinshin which looks a bit more like an F-15.
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11-01-16, 11:57 AM | #4 |
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Probably full of Vacuum tubes (Thermionic valves)
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11-01-16, 12:47 PM | #5 |
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11-01-16, 12:54 PM | #6 |
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But not so good against AIM and RIM-7 Sparrows
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11-01-16, 12:58 PM | #7 |
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China will be the enemy in the next big war. Underestimating their ability and determination to shorten further the technology gap until then, and to sharpen their fangs and claws until then, to me does not look like a strategy that promises to win the future.
So with more soberness: It flies. Its relatively heavy. Not more and not less we see. Inner qualities of the J-20 are not revealed. - Many chips in American weaponry are made in China. The US military potence in the region since years is loosing in lead over China. A victory in a regional war right now already cannot be taken for granted anymore.
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11-01-16, 01:24 PM | #8 |
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11-01-16, 01:24 PM | #9 |
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11-01-16, 01:32 PM | #10 | |
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Perhaps in a decade or so
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11-01-16, 01:34 PM | #11 |
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11-01-16, 03:54 PM | #12 |
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It flies in the video and can maneuver. The real question is it's effectiveness in air combat. The U.S, U.K, France ,Russia and others have more experience with combat fighter aircraft. If China does close the gap then it may come down which country has the better air crew training regimen. The effectiveness of the missile armament is part of the equation as well.
By the way jim, the sparrow missile is a Aim-7. it's a medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile. I'm sure it was a typo. |
11-01-16, 04:17 PM | #13 |
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A little derailing from the main discussion
Someone mentioned Sparrow and AIM. Those AAW weapons was second, third and fourth generation AAW Weapons. The newest AIM 120D something is a fifth generation AAW weapons. the next generation is the Meteor Markus |
11-01-16, 05:06 PM | #14 | |
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The Aim-120 missile is an Amraam which is short for advanced medium range air to air missile. The Meteor Missile is an active radar guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) Quote: MBDA is a European developer and manufacturer of missiles. It was formed by a merger of French Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles, Italian Alenia Marconi Systems and British Matra BAe Dynamics in December 2001. In 2015 the company had 10,000 employees. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_(missile) |
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11-01-16, 05:22 PM | #15 | |
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Didn't Stalin say that quantity was a quality in itself?
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