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1 posted on 07/30/2015 5:55:15 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

To: sukhoi-30mki

He avoids mistakes like the aircraft that pilots are calling "The Flying Piano" - The F-35?

The F-35 performing aerobatics.

2 posted on 07/30/2015 5:59:05 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (The night is far spent, the day is at hand.- Romans 13:12)

To: sukhoi-30mki

And yes - they do have the communist red star on them!

3 posted on 07/30/2015 6:09:13 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)

To: sukhoi-30mki

The J-17 appears to be a knock off of the F-16.

4 posted on 07/30/2015 6:11:45 AM PDT by C19fan

To: sukhoi-30mki

Kelly Johnson, now there was a man with a big brain.

5 posted on 07/30/2015 6:12:06 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie

To: sukhoi-30mki

At some point, quantity tends to have a quality all its own...

9 posted on 07/30/2015 6:27:36 AM PDT by afsnco

To: sukhoi-30mki

Avionics are key. If this plane has short-range, easily spoofed radar that can’t engage may targets at once, then it’s going to have a rough time.

10 posted on 07/30/2015 6:34:32 AM PDT by Bluewater2015 (There are no coincidences)

To: sukhoi-30mki

I think the J-20 is designed to be a carrier killer. Big bomb bay for a huge or several anti-ship missiles.

14 posted on 07/30/2015 8:39:58 AM PDT by Vinnie

To: sukhoi-30mki

I love your aviation posts.

15 posted on 07/30/2015 9:18:08 AM PDT by jumpingcholla34 (.)

To: sukhoi-30mki

May be of interest,

"The controversy surrounding the F-35 is fundamentally an extension of the debate over what a future fighter should be. ......"

Or better yet, go directly to the source @ Belmont Club to read the whole article and discussions in the comment section.

16 posted on 07/30/2015 9:27:49 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)

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