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FirebirdFan

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Who is "they". Do you mean the PLA?

Of course the PLA will not release that sort of information.
If anyone wants to include a PLA aircraft in a video game like DCS (and yes, despite its valiant attempts to be "realistic" it is ultimately just a videogame) they will just have to give it their best estimate, in the same way that all other aircraft in DCS are just their best estimates.


The best way to approach something like DCS is that it has no significant bearing or implication on real world aircraft performance, so therefore who cares if they want to include a PLA aircraft?
I think you answered my question, thanks.

Was curious since developers are often required to have SMEs like pilots, mechanics or performance charts of an aircraft for it to be accepted for the game, so wondered if anything like this would be possible for say, a J-10. Predictably a no go for any "modern" Chinese type.
 

gk1713

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I think you answered my question, thanks.

Was curious since developers are often required to have SMEs like pilots, mechanics or performance charts of an aircraft for it to be accepted for the game, so wondered if anything like this would be possible for say, a J-10. Predictably a no go for any "modern" Chinese type.
Isnt JF17 got accepted via PAF? Maybe J-10ce someday
 

PeaceKrieger424

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When did China officially claim that J-20S is 5.5?
The term 5.5-gen appears to be a label used by analysts or media rather than an official classification. (X-post link below/ twz story from the day prior to this post July 8)

The term "5.5-gen" remains an analytical construct.

My initial inquiry 5.5 vs 6-gen was motivated from the fact that manufacturers avoid "half-gen" terms to prevent cannibalizing next-gen launches. And does this latest iteration of J-20S make the 6th gen look like an overshoot?

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ACuriousPLAFan

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My initial inquiry 5.5 vs 6-gen was motivated from the fact that manufacturers avoid "half-gen" terms to prevent cannibalizing next-gen launches. And does this latest iteration of J-20S make the 6th gen look like an overshoot?

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Nope, certainly not. There are defining features and capabilities on the J-36 and J-XDS which qualify them as "true-blooded 6th-gen manned warplanes" that aren't found (or at the very least, organic to) the J-20S/AS.

If anything, it can be said that the J-20S/AS also serves as X-plane of some type (i.e. technological demonstration/verification platform) as part of China's next/6th-generation aerial warfare development effort.
 
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