CNN joins the J-36 reporting bandwagon after four months of silence.
This is a quote from the article of the link:
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The J-36 could see China pull even with, or possibly ahead of, the United States in the race to field a sixth-generation fighter.
The US military’s fifth-generation jets – the twin-engine F-22 and single-engine F-35 – are generally regarded as the world’s best at the moment, though China also has two fifth-generation models, the J-20 and J-35. Neither of those Chinese jets has proven combat experience and effectiveness like the two US fighters, however.
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J36 is ahead of J50 which is ahead of F-47 simply because J36 is seen more often than J50 which is seen more often than F-47. Until F-47 shows up in front of public eyes, this fact remains intact.
With regard to F-22/F-35 superior to J20/J35, the above logic applies, simply because F-22/F-35 have flown to "battlefields" but J20/J35 haven't. The story of J20 handling F35 in the East China Sea is meaningless to me because that was a given by design.
I guess nobody really knows which one is better because the probability of comparing in reality is very low, likely remaining that way in my lifetime, for neither side dares not to pitch F22/J20 or F35/J35 in a battlefield simply because the perceived loser would suffer unimaginable losses in various domains.
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