A key feature of next generation combat platforms. To look ugly.If you think the J-36 looks ugly, have you seen the PLA next generation main battle tank?
That being said, plan has been pumping out absolutely gorgeous ships one after another.
A key feature of next generation combat platforms. To look ugly.If you think the J-36 looks ugly, have you seen the PLA next generation main battle tank?
It does looked fake, after burner flame look static, video was too short, and lastly the extension of the wing tip flaps in "Air Brake" configuration is normally applies in landing, not take off (check A-6 Intruder landing with air brakeAir
Wouldn't deploying air brakes defeat the purpose of firing up the afterburners?As it seems, it is part of that video:
Anyway, I'm still not sure if legit or faked!
Why isn't there a chase plane this time around?Don’t know how much it is the camera but it seems to turn quickly for an aircraft of its size, especially considering that the banking angle is so low…
My hopium is they are designed for eventually housing lasers. Soft kill at first, hard kill later.Those EO windows are larger than many expected.
Editor 江飛宇 is a fucking paranoid guy.View attachment 148029
insightful analysis of Wanwanese
“J-36 second test flight, observers speculate its role as a JH-7 replacement”
Very improbable, the very last thing laser of any consequential energy needs is angled glass.My hopium is they are designed for eventually housing lasers. Soft kill at first, hard kill later.
Those are not airbrakes.Wouldn't deploying air brakes defeat the purpose of firing up the afterburners?