Posted on 01/17/2011 8:43:51 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Images of a Chinese stealth fighter prototype in flight suggest that China has moved to the next stage of testing an aircraft that appears designed to rival the American F-22 and challenge U.S. air superiority in the Asia-Pacific region, aviation experts say.
Tuesday's flight means China is likely now testing the J-20's flight software, engines and aerodynamics, following weeks of runway tests at the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute. The aviation experts say there is a limit to what more they can tell about the J-20's capabilities—especially its radar-evading technology—from the low-resolution images, which mostly appear to have been shot from the edge of the institute's airfield. It wasn't clear how high the J-20 flew or how fast.
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They are so much cleaver than us. We take years to prefect an aircraft they seem to be doing it in weeks.
The United States has over 50 years of experience regarding stealth technology. The Chinese has zero experience with stealth technology.
Are we supposed to cheer them on or what?
One thing the Chinese finally figured out was a decent canopy. With the exception of the two seat Su-27 variants most of their jets have lousy visibility.
No, they have 50 years experience...our experience. They own us and that includes our military technology.
No, that’s for our government to do on our behalf.
I am afraid that you are right
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We take years to prefect an aircraft they seem to be doing it in weeks.
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Seeing how Chinese is the major language in many departments of
science/engineering in prominent US universities...it may be no
shock if the Chicoms have “caught up” quickly.
It’s no F22 (nothing else is - when we wargame, the handicaps the F22 has are insane, and it still usually wins). That said, it is a quantum leap forward for China. Prob on par with the F18, but maybe not the Super Hornet version.
And obastard gutted the F22, so China is pulling even at least.
What sorts of handicaps?
I’m just wondering if perhaps the NAACP has been sued by our government for damages previously.
I have two words for China: Drone Swarms. Waste your money and spend your time stealing the tech to complete this plane - by the time it is ready for prime time, the world will have already moved on...
The USAF is already flying Stealth Drones
“The USAF is already flying Stealth Drones”
Yes, they will be small, relatively inexpensive and mass produced.
So much of it is in the open literature, so much of it has leaked and so much of our institutional knowledge is leaving by attrition that they can plausibly overtake us in short order.
Drone Swarms
two words:
EMP burst
Did you mean to put that on the Boxing George thread?
No, thank you.
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