All the time. He said he could see why the Chinese didn't like the American presence there, as all they did all day was either fking with the Chinese or thinking of ways to fk with the Chinese
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All the time. He said he could see why the Chinese didn't like the American presence there, as all they did all day was either fking with the Chinese or thinking of ways to fk with the Chinese
AssassinsMace
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Sorry but that story sounds like a contradiction. If what he says is true, I don't how he can say Chinese fighters are a greater threat than Russian. If you can get close enough to "count blades" without being detected, that's pretty crappy radar. Then in general from what I've read about other countries' complaints about what they deem as Chinese fighters being aggressive, this incident alone puts their complaints to shame and pretty hypocritical.
I wouldn't know about the radar thing, but you can't possibly actually put any credence into those complaints, right? :roll:
It's not that hard to detect a F-22 from 250km away, but it is hard to make that detection useful.
Every aircraft has RCS spikes; angles from which the aircraft emits more RCS than on average. The F-22 must also have RCS spikes, and these are carefully designed to be in places where a detect or track cannot be sustained or exploited.
As far as getting close enough to detect blades; when you're in an F-18 and neither side wants to start shooting for fear of starting a war, detecting blades isn't that hard. And I think with high-resolution radar, you can likely detect the turbine blades of the engine from perhaps half max-track/detect range.
Every aircraft has RCS spikes; angles from which the aircraft emits more RCS than on average. The F-22 must also have RCS spikes, and these are carefully designed to be in places where a detect or track cannot be sustained or exploited.
As far as getting close enough to detect blades; when you're in an F-18 and neither side wants to start shooting for fear of starting a war, detecting blades isn't that hard. And I think with high-resolution radar, you can likely detect the turbine blades of the engine from perhaps half max-track/detect range.
I was thinking the same.
SinoSoldier
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Those RCS spikes just mean the radar will be able to detect the F-22 further than 250 km away.
Our invaluable escobar posted this in the carrier thread.
Doesn't this back to back win by CAC and 611 indicate that the flight-testing of J-20 is progressing well?
Also there is another article/rumour in the chinese forums claiming there are actually 4 J-20 prototypes flying:
2 2001 - one actually produced in 2010 and the "official" 2001 in 2011.
2 2002 - both produced in 2012.
Static J-20 was only produced in mid 2012.
Pre-serial production run of 4 per year already underway in 2013.
A two-seater J-20 is planned.
Interesting. franco-russe will probably love the article. Complete with charts in excel format.
Doesn't this back to back win by CAC and 611 indicate that the flight-testing of J-20 is progressing well?
Also there is another article/rumour in the chinese forums claiming there are actually 4 J-20 prototypes flying:
2 2001 - one actually produced in 2010 and the "official" 2001 in 2011.
2 2002 - both produced in 2012.
Static J-20 was only produced in mid 2012.
Pre-serial production run of 4 per year already underway in 2013.
A two-seater J-20 is planned.
Interesting. franco-russe will probably love the article. Complete with charts in excel format.
escobar
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after less than 3 years of flight test? fanboy's dream...
I have to agree with escobar on this one, probably not going to happen.
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