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China Will Field a Sixth Generation Fighter Before America Can - Expert Highlights Why
(militarywatchmagazine.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2025
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Actually I take it back I don't like your metaphor. It would be accurate if the industrial and technical requirements between 5th and 6th gen aircraft were as different as that of a horse and buggy, but fundamentally that's not the case.
Both call for stealth technology, advanced integrated avionics, high performance gas turbines, composite material and titanium structures to meet strength/weight requirements, and advanced radar/sensors, all combined in a package that is both reliable and can be manufactured em mass.
The US has been demonstrating those capabilities for 30 years. China has obtained some of them (still lags in engine, avionics capabilities, and radar) and has only been able to manufacture aircraft with them at a fraction of the scale.
The Chinese aircraft industry is suddenly going to leapfrog the US on all of those features AND manufacture them on a great scale? I doubt that.
The only thing the US has been demonstrating for the past 30 years is that the jets they make are overpriced junk that's never actually been tested in combat against a peer competitor. The F35 in particular is an unmitigated disaster that's now cost US tax payers over a trillion dollars. What China is demonstrating is that they can build more advanced technology at a fraction of a cost, and do it before the US can. Also, imagine thinking that China would not be able to manufacture something at scale. π
You keep on coping though, it's adorable.
Excuse me, F-22 shot down Chinese balloon!