Last week, we were inclined to say this plane was simply a Hondgu L-15 trainer jet being transported accross China via a flatebed truck. Some readers were skeptical, saying that it looked more like the stealth F-60 that China’s Shenyang aircraft-maker is rumored to be building. Well, new pics emerged over the weekend that show an aircraft that has us rethinking our initial call.
As you can see from these new pics, it appears that the mystery jet has air intakes that do indeed resemble those shown on a mock up of the F-60 (see below), it’s wing flaps also seem t resemble the F-60, and the cockpit, well, you be the judge.
Click through the jump to see an overhead view of the mystery jet that also resembles the F-60 as well as a picture of a model F-60 that strongly resembles a smaller version of an F-22 Raptor (with different air intakes and engine nozzles, etc.) I’m not even gonna say it.
If this veiled jet really is the F-60 (it could be another airplane or just a large mock up of the F-60), China might be on track to to reveal two new types of stealth fighters in less than two years.
H/t to China Defense and The DEW Line.
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Who'd a thunk it…
Maybe our contractors and other private companies will get serious about cyber security.
Can you name exactly which private company lost exactly what data? Furthermore, and on which operating system said breach was on? Just curious.
http://www.dailytech.com/Reports+Hackers+Use+Stol…
The private company was You're A Twat, LLC. The Operating System was Smarmy Blog Commenting Douche XP
The USA has a century of leadership in aircraft and technology, and then China designs and builds an almost exact replica of the most advanced fighter in a few years.
As other commenters note, as covered heavily on this blog, and in testimony before Congress, private companies are a weak link.
we prob gave it to them so the contractors can make money on starting 6en 7 cuz they already have g they are working on.
GREEDY F__K_RS
Similarly with China.
sorry for the link, perhaps this is better: http://wuxinghongqi.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/shenya…
I have seen this many times, and the front of the F-60 looks to have a bigger RCS (Radar-Cross-Section). Reminds me of the front of the MiG-29/ Super Hornet.
Remember… it's made in China. No fears here.
Please watch "Back to the Future III" again, pause after you listen to the "made in Japan" conversation, and THINK.
I thought. Tell China to give food to people in Tibet and then let me know how wonderful they are. Furthermore, China's technology comes from the U.S. as we use them to make our parts for very little money. Just look at Apple and all of the iphones they make. Where? CHINA!!!!!
You’re just full of non sequiturs aren’t you?
"give food to people in Tibet" wtf am I even reading? The people in Tibet have food. Have you even been to Tibet?
The people in Tibet have sufficient food? China is a communist state bro. No one there has adequate amounts of anything.
Its too bad that in reality, not movies, China has a history of making things completely half-assed.
Hahahaa! How arrogant. ALL your gadgets and electronics are Made in China, your smartphone, your TV, you camera, your tablet, your laptop, everything. Even the electronics in the F22 Raptor are built in China.
-"No fears here?". Just blindness and arrogance. It´s not a good strategy subestimate your enemy.
I wonder what its performance is like? How are the engines, does it have super cruise? Avionics? I'm pretty sure that its pilots aren't as good, but there comes a time when that won't matter because of the sheer numbers of these things that China can put in the sky. This is about the first time that I am even a little worried about our dominance in the sky.
don't
I said a little, but that was yesterday
Actually, it's a pterosaur. It's covered up with fabric and netting because the Chinese don't want anyone to know that they are cloning dinosaurs at a secret facility.
this good sir knows whats going on
Yes he does
Your answer makes u feel good.
While the scale model dose look F-22ish the towed plane dose not. Hard to tell with all of it covered. It might be a full sized mock up. Overall with this prove if your DF tech blogger is right that the J-20 is just a experiments while new planes may be more combat oriented in Chinese test now??
Lance, you are a dumbass…
Here, let me help you:
http://www.wikihow.com/Kiss-a-Girl
Why would you throw your super secret new plane on a flatbed and drive across town in the daylight?
US contractors are transporting drones (X-47B in this case) same way… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEh3z_hoVjw
Exactly
Because with 1.3 biilion people and most of the American jobs that people paid taxes into the Goverment and now they are collecting unemployment, China is laughing their butts off at us. They have never been an allie and don't plan on being one. Things are looking worse all the time.
They want us to know that they have a stealth plane but they don't want to show the real face until later…just like J-10 and J-20.
Who would have guessed china would copy the F-22′s design (for the most part)?
I know, what a surprise!
No kidding, at first glance it looks exactly the same. "Made in China."
You're welcome..
But even though the airframe is almost exactly the same as the F-22's, that doesn't mean it will perform anything like one. And it doesn't necessarily take a security leak in order to copy its shape, either. Hell, they could have just looked at the thousands of model F-22 kits they manufacture and sell to consumers.
Copying looks is child's play. Copying the meat underneath, that's something else entirely.
exactly.
just like the mr2 ferrari replicas. may look like a ferrari 360, but underneath its still an old toyota
All very true. But we see time and time again the Chinese making exact replicas of the "meat".
China probably doesn't outsource it's code writing to 100 folks from India though.
China also doesnt buy chips from the USA that are able to be controlled externally.
Has a certain semblance to you know what lol
Robotech.com got hacked recently too … Certain designs might have gotten stolen and we may be seeing real life VFA-6X Veritech Shadow Fighter!! http://www.robotech.com/news/viewarticle.php?id=4…
I'd still be saying ooooo if that does materialize.
This country has been at war with the U.S. since 1950. They've made it clear to us and lots of other folks, from Vietnam to the Philippines, that they intend to take, by brute force, whatever they want, when they want it.
This is like the "phoney war" of 1939.
We're running out of time to react against an emerging global threat.
Wow, just wow. That literally is an F22 mock up with an F35 cockpit. These thief's have no original ideas.
If that's the case then the Spitfire is literally a Messerschmidt with smooth edges. The Mitsubishi zero is literally a p51 with no armor. And the F-86 Sabre is literally a Mig 15 with a smaller gun.
totally agree!
Looks like we're starting to see where that hacked F-35 data from a few years ago is being used.
Easy to find out… Does the truck's driver suffered form hypoxia?
I've seen other jets transported while positioned at an odd angle on their flatbed trailers, the point being to make the load as narrow as possible to clear obstructions along the way.
Another 'original' design from China. I guess creativity is in short supply over there.
1. Why create when you can copy?
2. Before you learn to be creative, you need to learn the basics. Show that you can build and operate a knock off, and then tinker to see what else you can do. At this stage of its growth, there is more to be had by copying than creating.
This is what I got from your reply in a practical sense.
"1. Why create when you can copy? " – So what you're saying is it's better to copy off your neighbours exam rather than studying for the exam yourself. Yea, never worked too well for me when I was a freshmen.
"2. Before you learn to be creative, you need to learn the basics. Show that you can build and operate a knock off, and then tinker to see what else you can do. At this stage of its growth, there is more to be had by copying than creating."
– What your saying is it's better to steal others hard work, make a few slight adjustments, then take credit for it…
Maybe it's just me, but a straight up copy of an iconic future fighter is lame in every sense…
Its not about who is creating "iconic" fighters, its about defense. China has been using very old technology for decades. It wants to upgrade. The fastest way to upgrade is to copy your advanced enemies. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
As to point 2: It's not about "credit". China is trying to develop a domestic hi-tech industry. The fastest way is to copy. They really don't care about getting credit for ingenuity, they only care that they can make and sell for less than the USA.
I am not saying that we should congratulate the Chinese for this: we should use every tool available to stop their rampant piracy. But, from the Chinese side, they are merely picking low hanging fruit.
I guess we should have thrown all those Nazis, whoops I mean German refugees into the ocean after WW2 and incinerated the train loads of R&D we 'liberated' from Germany. The Saturn V had a lot its design work done by a few Deutsch speakers.
Yep. The USA also got jet engines from the Germans and Brits, who were way ahead. I suppose dubweiser 101 thinks that the USA should have stuck with their prop fighters and done all their jet R&D from the ground up. Oh yeah, the USA would not have used radar, penicillin, or bazookas because they were developed by others. Thousands more would have died, but we'd have pride in our ingenuity.
The first P-59 Airacomet rolled out of the factory in 1942, I dought the Germans helped with that. Although the engine was inferior to the German jet engines, the tech was already here in the US to mature.
For that matter we should probably remake all of our Abrams using nothing but good old fashioned rolled homogenized steel since the Chobam armor we use is a British invention, can't have a tank armored in a material not of our invention. For that matter, we should probably change out the armament too since the current 120mm main gun is a German design and the 105 before it was a British design. While we're at it we need to also replace the co-ax and the turret mounted 240 and use an M1919 since the 240s are Belgian guns and the M60 before it was derived from the MG42.
Why reinvent the wheel when we already sunk billions of dollars and decades of research into developing it?
Good point. Who developed the wheel: Sumerians! We should be ashamed of we using technology from Iraq instead of developing our own.
The US could have built a F-35 that could fly Mach 2 but for what purpose? FAA Sea Harriers were able to lock AIM-9L's onto the heat signature of the leading edge of Argentinian Mirage III's/Daggers wings in Falklands conflict. Modern IRST could probably pick up that same heat signature.
What is difference in fuel consumption rate to fly Mach 1.6 versus Mach 2? Is the Mach 1.6 the best balance of speed and fuel consumption?
Is it possible the US has underrated the aircraft to throw off our enemies? The engine in the F-35 is of a newer design, still room to grow. Possibility for more speed with engine upgrades later?
Lastly IMHO USMC would be happy with a Mach 1.6 F-35B versus a subsonic Harrier II. USN F-18's are in Mach 1.8 range so not a major speed difference IMHO. Since F-35 carries most of its payload inside seems it should cruise faster than a Gen 4 with under wing loads.
the main reason for the slower modern fighters is the removal of the variable intake ramps from their designs, which were used to increase engine efficiency at high speeds.
The ramps added weight, and a potential point of failure, since if they got stuck in the high speed position, the engines would stall at low speeds.
They also prevent the intake from being designed to reduce radar cross section.
They were primarily meant to enable high speed penetration for bombers, and were also put in fighters to intercept those bombers. (or in the case of the concorde to improve fuel efficiency.)
The B-1B for example dropped the intake ramps of the original B-1A because it didn't need them for it's low level mission.
similarly, the f/a-18 and f-35 don't have them because they aren't meant to be used for high speed interceptions. and they don't need to go that fast.
The f-22 can still achieve mach 2 speeds without them because of it's immensely powerful engines that can produce enough thrust even with the reduced efficiency.
Very helpful. Thanks.
@ Anlushac11
Is the Mach 1.6 the best balance of speed and fuel consumption?
No, Mach 1.6 is not the best balance for speed and fuel comsumption. You won’t be able to survive because you’ll be placed at a significant disadvantage to Mach 2.4 aircraft such as the super cruising Sukhoi, J-20 and perhaps J-60 if it has the mach 2+ requirement. The wing and engine intake geometry for the F-35 is optimised for sub-sonic flight – so a more powerful engine cannot fix the problem even if one would fit in the small JSF airframe. In stealth combat configuration, the F-35 aerodynamically doesn’t and will never be able to outperform all other combat-configured 4th, 4.5, 4++ and 5th generation aircraft in top-end speed, loiter, subsonic acceleration and combat radius. It doesn’t allow unprecedented see/shoot first and combat radius advantages.
The F-35A does have large internal fuel load at 18,500 lbs, its fuel flow is too inefficient which means the aircraft will be burning a lot of fuel while deploying afterburner for e.g. supersonic engagements. Which is why the F-35 has a short range.
@ Anlushac11
I prefer Mach 2+ because it has the best balance for speed and fuel consumption. This enhances both engagements of flying into the target area and destroying the high threat targets, and escape from, known threats as to get out of the fight as quick as possible to survive. Mach 1.6 doesn't work well for that requirement, which again in air combat you’ll be placed at a significant disadvantage of being shot down while being chased by a Mach 2 Sukhoi, J-20 or J-60 that the F/A-18E/F and F-35 can’t escape from the fight.
@ Anlushac11
"Is the Mach 1.6 the best balance of speed and fuel consumption"?
No. Mach 1.6 and Mach 1.8 requirements are not the best balance for speed and fuel consumption. It doesn’t work well which the F/A-18 family and soon upcoming F-35 will not be able to escape in air combat and will be placed at a significant disadvantage of being shot down while being chased by the super-cruising Mach 2.4 Sukhoi family of fighters, J-20 Mighty Dragon and perhaps the J-60 if it has a Mach 2+ requirement.
@ Anlushac11
The F-35's wing and engine intake geometry is optimised for sub-sonic flight – so a more powerful engine cannot fix the problem even if one would fit in the small JSF airframe. In stealth combat configuration, the F/A-18 family and F-35 aerodynamically doesn’t and will never be able to outperform all other combat-configured 4th, 4.5, 4++ and 5th generation aircraft in top-end Mach 2+ speed, loiter and combat radius. It doesn’t allow unprecedented see/shoot first and combat radius advantages.
Even though fighters are rarely used at Mach 2 for air-to-air combat or ground attack, but I still believe it is still needed for survivability which enhances both engagements of flying into the target area and destroying the high threat targets, and escape from, known threats as to get out of the fight as quick as possible to survive.
For instance the F-35A does have large internal fuel load at 18,500 lbs, its fuel flow is too inefficient which means the aircraft will be burning a lot of fuel while deploying afterburner for e.g. supersonic engagements. Which is why the F-35 has a short range.
Performance differences are not important, if they can build 10 for the cost of 1 F-35.
Otoh, it could be a mock-up in a brilliant piece of strategic disinformation.
All the while the US have been under estimating the capabilities of China. With tons of cash in hand they can invest into research of new technology (no doubt they had help through espionage). Take a look at their Space research. They have made tremendous progress in their quest for Space dominance. No doubt with time, dedication & $$$ in hand they WILL catch up with the US in air dominance and eventually surpass it.
That it mate.
expecting the 3rd and 4th stealth fighters are coming from China …….. Leung
Just in time for Sequestration to swoop in and cripple our national defense infrastructure. Contact your local political representatives and stress how important coming to a resolution is for this wonderful country.
Well, just as long as the wealthiest 1% don't pay a penny more in taxes and we destroy social services for the elderly, food protection and inspection, infrastructure projects, and the aid for those most needy, we can continue to fund over budget and under performing systems and platforms. God bless America's "defense contractor first" priorities! One Chinese mock up and we're ready to declare hemispherical impotence…brilliant.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
……..Abraham Lincoln
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/lincoln/prosperity.a…
That said, it isn't bad advice.
Point taken +1, I always thought it was Lincoln that said that.
Whether this is real or not, it is clear the China made the Raptor program their model to copy. Its a lot harder than that, but it ought to make us re-examine why we went forward with the concept of an F-22 and an FN-22. Seems the same basic strategy is still in play. With 3/4 of Air Force budget spent on the F-22 and F-35, how is it we lost our way?
Its still not too late to improve the concept while a decade or more is required to finance the future alternatives…. Yes, let's ponder that as the Chinese circle the earth in their little space station.
I think you're over-complicating things.
1) If you're going to copy an airframe, what better frame to copy than the world's premier fighter? It's proven to perform.
2) It's likely also part of a mental ploy on their part. They probably think that making a fighter that looks exactly like our best will intimidate us. It gives the illusion that they can match us.
So you're saying that the Chinese are trying to copy our premier strategy of the Raptor program including the FN we didn't build. That is what I said. But we didn't build the FN and we don't have many Raptors. The ones we do have make pilots sick.
So what was your point again?
And as they circle space, are you saying that can't steal or build the parts eventually? Take a huge economic power and add a government that can do what it wants with the money and what do you think the result will be? I think that's the game rather than theatrics but maybe this is just too complicated and really a psych job is what their R $ D is all about.
Also my point was more about us, than "them".
You're original post was confusing. I simply broke it down a little more succinctly and added a point of speculation.
Also, I believe you're referring to the "FB"-22.
1943:
"Hey look, the Allies have this Bazooka thing. It's kind of weak"
"Let's make a bigger one. We shall call it…Panzerschreck!"
Ultimately, Chnan still has serious troubles training a workforce to buidl and maintain a true 5th generation plane. Like much in Beijing, this is much to-do about nothing.
Until somebody gave you a kick in the buttom.
Where do you get that from? If they can reverse engineer our tech then they can sure as hell figure out how to build and maintain anything they've built using their stolen tech. Just because they stole our (or Russian) tech to get where they are now doesn't mean that they're incapable, it just means they got a leg up by skipping the R&D phase from stealing ours and Russian tech.
In case you didn't realize it, they do have a highly skilled and trained population over there in China. In some ways their (and most of Asia for that matter) educational system, at least the grade school level, is superior to ours and their kids are coming out with a much better foundation in math than we do here, that's why kids who come here from Asia tend to do so well, they already have a head start in math and the hard sciences. Since China's opened up they've also been sending a lot of their best and brightest to come over here and study things like engineering in our colleges and when they graduate they return back home bringing their knowledge with them.
I am really getting sick of seeing these supposed knock offs of western designs. This outward theft of programs is beyond out of hand. Enough is enough. When I see them banging out x models faster than we can, including the mini space shuttle by the way, we are in serious trouble. Never underestimate a potential foe like China, especially when we seemingly 'give' them this technology on a silver platter.
Signed.
A pissed off tax payer
Agreed!!!!!!!
there will be thousands of stealthy Chinese jets and ?how many US jets. We will be totally outmatched.
1) By the time China has "thousands" of J-20s (if they ever even break a few hundred) we'll be beginning to field our 6th generation air superiority fighters. You're assuming we started the 5th generation the same time the Chinese did.
2) You're also assuming that you can match our fighters to China's in a 1-to-1 ratio. That's bullshit, I don't care how much you hate our planes.
Why do so many assume it will be just China versus USA. You really think no allies on either side will get involved?
My opinion 1 on 1 we have no chance. We are too spread out across planet to properly defend a Blitz by China into our mainland. China is by far more protected with undergound facilities then we will ever be.
They out number us 5 to 1 and only Japan/German tech keeps us well matched.
I have yet to see much in our arsenal that has a superiority over equivalent Chinese weapon system.
Our strength and our weakness is our allies.
… And Israel more than any other. They are the only Westerners working with the seriousness and dispatch brought on by an endless fight for survival.
Let me get this straight. You honestly think that Chinese weapon systems are on par with ours? You really think that their navy, their air force, or their armored divisions could hold up against ours?
There's a reason why they haven't begun taking over Asia already: Because they know we'd shut them down hard.
And btw, Japan buys most of their high end weapons from us. Germany hasn't much helped us since WWII. You're confused.
Oh sure, you will shut them down hard, but are you ready to fight another drawn out war? Do you think your allies has the stomach and resources to fight with you in such a war?
China has stolen the F22 and F35 design plans at an estimated cost to the US tax payer of 1.2 trillion dollars. The Chinese own about 1.2 trillion dollars in US Debt., Problem solved, China just Bought those plans for 1.2 trillion dollars and we no longer have a debt to China, Now if only our Government would have enough intestinal fortitude to carry this out!
Yes, they need them to produce cheap spares. I suppose that it the price of business-man playing with fire. Blame Boeing, Loockeed Martin and part of goverment which watch for importations, security and spying, etc.
Back in the 40's when quanity was a quality all its own, they didnt have the ability to shoot down more than one at a time…..even if the Chicoms send 100 after a squadron of Raptors they will still lose….their tech is still 2-3 decades behind…as much as the Chicoms worry me, the US still dominates the worlds oceans and in the air. The US F-15, 16 and 18's with its advanced avionics would make short work of any Chicom threat…and China wont make thousands of these so called Stealth planes that will look like a bomber on US radar screens…
Dream on. There are not many Raptors and the many hundreds of supercruising J-20s with its 12 internal long range AAMs will have the F-35 for breakfast. Now we could restart production of upgraded larger Raptors, but we instead decided, thanks to the Tea party, to go for sequestration and completely cripple our military.
Freedom is never free. If we want to compete with China's military, we have to cough up the money.
there aren't that many J-20s…not by a long shot
To both of you:
Woody – it is never wise to underestimate your opponent in any aspect. With the amount of cyber espionage that exists, it wouldn't surprise me if they could produce Air to Air Missiles or advanced radars to compete with our fighters.
Superraptor – the US is in no position to play a money battle with China. The Raptor production will be dead until a rise in nationalism and anti-chinese sentiment occurs.
Gee, and I thought our innovation, freedom, capitalism, smarts were a match for sheer spending by adversaries. There are numerous places the need for the Raptor program will surface, not just China. Hell, SA-22s would have really blown those Turks out of the sky.
I think we need to pierce the media veil before nationalism and fear shake us up. One plans based on real facts. The narrative for American security and leadership has sprung a leak. And the data loss is obvious in the surprises we see.
Thanks to you too, for the tip about intakes.
This could not be possible without USA & the West Investment in China..
Very true. But we made the investment. Now what?
In the long run, we should support the Chinese people's call for increased living standards-it will make American workers more competitive.
Thats seems like an awkward and potentially damaging way to transport a multi million dollar jet.
I say push Japan into a space based air defense system & demand Russia ,China, NK, Iran conform to the global system.
All stand to benefit from government unity. More focus and be made on improving trade, cooperating on international crime & corruption.
For as long as our countries stay at odds, things will not improve. WWIII is inevitable unless something changes for the better soon.
Try and u be surprised at the response.
Take them on now, or take them on when it's too late. They are after us. You know this to be true. On every level they are preparing to wage and win an all out war with us. This is where all the "made in China" labels will end up killing us.
Are you all glad all your hard earned money is financing the very toys they will use to kill us.
Can you imagine there are those here in the U.S.A that are happy to see all this happen.
Time to get the US combined militia formed then…
Every man and woman able bodied enough to do some degree of soldiering will get some degree of training and a weapon.
of course the US government will never allow it, even though the need of a standing militia is in the Constitution
You're one of those people who thinks our F-35's are going to be crushed beneath the J-20. If that were the likely reality, I'd say you had ground to stand on. However, the J-20 is almost undoubtedly just a stealth shaped 4th gen fighter (and definitely not an air superiority type at that). Combined F-22/F-35 teams will have no problem dealing with them in air combat, even if outnumbered.
Also, they've already outlined the requirements for our 6th gen fighter, so you can officially say that designs for such are being drawn up as we speak.
but there will be no money, it will all go into healthcare. China is smart. They have avoided to have a public health insurance program in order to be able to plow trillions into an offensive underground nuclear and conventional weapons tunnel complex.
Guys! Don’t forget that german is the first country to fly fighter jets and US get theirs first jets after germany lose and US captured their scientist n these people are the guy who helps US to get infront of others in the sky.
That's an overly simplistic picture. It was between the UK and Germany, and the US deployed their jet engines after license-building some UK jet engines. The UK got their prototypes out before the Germans did (who were delayed by engine problems), but Me 262s were issued to operational squadrons before the Allies.
Kole, buy ticket n fly to Tibet, stay for 1 week before u make ur comments otherwise you will just look like a stupid by others. Don’t think that u know everything correctly by living in Us. Its part of politics game play by US who want to discredit China in the international world. I works in China for 5 years n travel alot around China including Tibet. I would tell you… Come here man n u will hv ur eyeball popout
Seriously, how could these be a surprise? With just about everything we buy stateside marked 'Made in China' i'm pretty sure a lot of the parts in or on the F-22 are the same way. There's no need for espionage – they've already built it! I mean, look at that thing. They don't care that the world knows it's a knock off. Its camouflage is even the same pattern as seen on early F-22s (and to a lesser extent, current ones). Quite frankly i think they should keep showing copies like this off. Why not? It's one-upmanship on the rest of the globe. It shows that they can design and build aircraft right up with the rest of the world and quite probably in far greater numbers because nobody else has the dough or the industry.
China. The Next Only Superpower.
If only McDonnell Douglas, General Dynamics, Fairchild, Northrop, Vought, Republic and Grumman were still separate fighter making entities.
What difference would it make? Having more companies no longer seems to be able to increase the efficiency of any of the firms competing. Our experience with Wall Street demonstrates that as long as big government will bail you out despite your sins, there is no incentive to be fit to survive.
It would be seven companies competing for a very few platforms in the post Cold War era. Not sure if there would be enough business to go around…
Well, there's no incentive for LockMart to do a decent job on the F-35 is there?
and what if it was actually just a decoy.
I hope the Chinese copied the OBOGS and the toxic paint too?
Americans seem to have a obsession with taking credit for generic ideas, which would explain why the patent system is so broken.
Update:
we have a video now, the plane is HUGE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcUPE8oguNg
Looks like a shitty knock off of the F-22 Raptor. Probably wont ever be as good as the real thing. Take it from somebody who is actually in the US Air Force. Were the best in the world. China will never even come close.
I'm sure we can thank the Clintons for a lot of this "lost" technology
What it will come down to is that the US and allies will have X number of planes that have to Fly 500-800kms to the fight. China will probably have a similar number of planes operating in a SAM belt and only having to fly 100-200kms to the flight. The US and allies planes will have to turn for home while the Chinese will have field available to chase. The number of sorties and planes in the air would probably be over whelming in favour of China even of they had the same number of places available primarily due to the turn around time for each sortie. In addition the F22 can only carry 6 or 8 A2A missiles in Stealth and the F35 4. The Chinese designs all carry 10+ missiles and may not be as stealthy but will have an advantage in numbers of missile carriers and missiles in the air.
I hope China did not copy the white Elephant called F22 whose oxygen is toxic to the yankees only. And yes, don't copy the F35 which is extrapolated to cost U$1T but is as faulty as the exploded Challenger space shuttle, which has since been retired to a museum in U of S. California. Pathetic US products, no wonder their exports and economy is going down in a tailspin as fast as its F22.
…who still calls Americans Yankees?
Guys, I am from Singapore and we have access to both Western and Chinese media.
We got a lot of articles from China relating to their Scientific Research on new products. Never estimate them because their Govt. is putting a lot of emphasis on R & D and China is producing several hundred thousand of engineers a year.
When China first detonated their first Atom bomb in 1964, the US defence ridicule them as a primitive device.
However, within 3 years they had sucessfully detonated the Hydrogen bomb with a yield of 3.3 megaton whic can demolish the entire LA city.
A year later, they exploded another nuclear device using a DF-3 medium range missile.
Some of you Americans talk down on Chinese fighter pilot skill. Just think of how they train their Gymnasts and Divers and you can draw your own conclusion.
This = J-31
http://chinesemilitaryreview.blogspot.ca/2012/09/…
Am I right?
they can build all the "stealth" fighter bodied planes that they want. They don't have the knowledge or the experience in even making a fighter jet engine with a decent thrust to weight ratio. Even their best engines are light years behind what GE and Pratt were making 30 years ago. They are behind the US period. Lets just hope the Israelis stop giving them what the US gives to Israel (lost f-16 engines, yeah right).
China has a large middle class with good jobs, cars, computers and other stuff, as well as some incredibly rich and succesful businesspeople. And they have an enormous, poor working class and poor farmers.
As for Tibet, food is not the main issue, but rather exploitation of the area's natural resources, and the fact that the Han Chinese population is slowly, but surely crowding out the Tibetans, suppressing and ultimately destroying their culture. Native Americans know what that is all about.
Kole – you got nailed for telling the truth. There are a lot of communists that visit this site and don't want the truth mentioned. In China your blurb would have been deleted or at a minimum your nale would be on "the list".
Stop talking your making yourself sound stupider and stupider…China is a basically a capitalist country with a 1 party government. You still reading 4th grade books on communism?
If Communists care enough about this site to visit it, it'll be to get real info, as they probably well know that their own governments aren't telling the truth.
The only rants I've read on this site come from people who are pissed off at the US in regards to Middle East policies.
I was referring to the -11 kole has above
I am a chinese but not a communist,and this site can be visited.We get enough real info.We are not enemies or bad people.Instead ,US is the teacher for almost everything here.
Funny story : Hap Arnold in early 1942 requested the plans for the new British jet engine. He was given the plans of the engine and went to
General Electric to have them build it. By October 2, 1942 they were testing the P-59 in the air.
get real. What happened to Churchill's blood, sweat and tears? Without having more revenue there will not be any increased defense spending in the real world we live in