Given the size of submarines and the number of satellites in general, there's probably hourly imagery available of Huludao these days.
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Given the size of submarines and the number of satellites in general, there's probably hourly imagery available of Huludao these days.
The PLARF guys could just cover the TEL with the China Post camo/tarps, and we the public wouldn't know any better.
For one, I was thinking of whether this purported hypersonic missile test slated for late-night tomorrow counts as the 2025 Christmas surprise:
But eh, I don't know.
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They built an exact replica of the Trump Class Battleship.
Now is that time of the year (again)....
@052D成都舰 said that the Christmas Surprise 2025 is the 3rd J-36, and insists that the speed at which China managed to get to the 3rd flying prototype is already a shocking element by itself.
Whether he meant what he said, or he was saying that to hide something else - I guess we'll find out.
Well, that's boring as fuck then. I wouldn't even call this a normal suprise much less a Christmas suprise. Also, his phrase "This is faster than Coldwar" just ain't true. Take the F-15 program, they were able to fly and build 3 additional prototype within half a year from the first flight and F-15 even flew with its target engine from the second prototype onward. F-15 and it's engine, F100 was no less groundbreaking in technology at its time than later successors.
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Grinchy, aren't you? What did you think we were in for? Years and years of new fighter/bomber designations every year? You think this is 1937, you got Corsair, Wildcat, Thunderbolt, Lightning, Mustang coming out every year?
Well, it most likely is, calibrated to the generation of fighter. As we go from first to 6th gen, the complexity rises, making development cycles much longer. WWII aircraft like P-47, P-51, etc... took 14-18 months from first flight to service. F-4 took 2.5 years. F-15, F-16 took 3.5-4.5 years, F-22, F-35 took 8+ years. So having a 6th gen move at a comparable speed to a 4th gen, is really much faster.
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….……………Okay fine. I didn’t want to have to do this for this year, but….……………
Dear AVIC,
It’s been a very good year. In fact, the best year ever, thus far. You have spoiled us beyond belief and we are forever grateful and in awe.
We would also like to reflect on this moment, and apologise for some members’ over-exuberance, triumphalism, and impatience. Please do not take this the wrong way, but the hardest part of this year has actually been adjusting to your great generosity. We will get better. I think the mods might even consider getting reacquainted with their banning powers (just saying).
That being said, and although we probably don’t deserve it, and could easily occupy ourselves with trying to actually complete a cataloguing of all the gifts you given us this year (plus the associated conjecture, of course) — we are once again coming to you cap in hand <insert Bernie Sanders meme>.
So it looks like this year, because you are “suffering from success” (VTOL fighter, seriously?), we impatiently and presumptuously await our presents.
And if you think we are more deserving of a lump of coal — please note that coal is black, sometimes shiny, and can come in interesting shapes — it will only lead to 23 new pages in the H-20 thread, and creation of a new thread about your advancements in RAM and metamaterials!
Thank you, Merry Christmas, and Harmonious Mao Day,
SDF
Dear AVIC,
It’s been a very good year. In fact, the best year ever, thus far. You have spoiled us beyond belief and we are forever grateful and in awe.
We would also like to reflect on this moment, and apologise for some members’ over-exuberance, triumphalism, and impatience. Please do not take this the wrong way, but the hardest part of this year has actually been adjusting to your great generosity. We will get better. I think the mods might even consider getting reacquainted with their banning powers (just saying).
That being said, and although we probably don’t deserve it, and could easily occupy ourselves with trying to actually complete a cataloguing of all the gifts you given us this year (plus the associated conjecture, of course) — we are once again coming to you cap in hand <insert Bernie Sanders meme>.
So it looks like this year, because you are “suffering from success” (VTOL fighter, seriously?), we impatiently and presumptuously await our presents.
And if you think we are more deserving of a lump of coal — please note that coal is black, sometimes shiny, and can come in interesting shapes — it will only lead to 23 new pages in the H-20 thread, and creation of a new thread about your advancements in RAM and metamaterials!
Thank you, Merry Christmas, and Harmonious Mao Day,
SDF