J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread V

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I'm talking about this video, b787. I'm complaining about the Zhuhai video showing slow turn rates on the J-20, which are not indicative of anything. I actually see a 6 second instantaneous loop, so 30-36 is possible.

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In two of the maneuvers, the J-20 was doing a 180 degree turnaround in about 4 secs.

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Just another observation: If I'm not completely wrong, then the two J-20s at Zhuhai are both in a plain grey colour scheme ... and not that new splinter-scheme. Or am I wrong?

So we have at least thre3 grey LRIP-birds ?!
 
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Also, yup, it's as I feared. The J-20's EOTS is about the same size as the F-35's. That implies that technology aside, the EOTS will have the same efficacy as the F-35's.
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We can't be sure of anything on the J-20, but it's doubtful the plane's technology can match the F-35. Here's a short quote from USAF Chief of Staff, General Goldfein, and he isn't impressed with the J-20.

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(CNN)Two of China's brand new, top-of-the-line stealth fighter jets streaked and screamed across an air exhibition on Tuesday as Beijing showed its newest military hardware to the public for the first time.

The J-20 fighter is called Beijing's answer to the US F-22 stealth fighter and the F-35 that will be soon deployed in the Pacific by the United States and Japan.

The J-20 is bigger than the J-31 but both are considered big steps in making China's People's Liberation Army Air Force a Pacific power.

"The J -20 aircraft is China's own new generation stealth fighter, developed to meet the needs of the future battleground," Chinese air force spokesman Sr. Col. Shen Jinke said last week.
"Research and development are progressing as planned, Shen said.

"The aircraft will further enhance the overall combat capability of the Air Force, which would help the army's sacred mission of maintaining the national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity."

US general says F-35 has advantage

At least one US Air Force general has been unimpressed with reports on the J-20.
"When i hear about F-35 vs. J-20, it's almost an irrelevant comparison," US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said in August, according to a report from BreakingDefense.com.

The US general said the US F-35 integrates with other US weapons and systems to give it the technological advantage, the BreakingDefense report said.

Goldfein said the J-20 employed technology more like the F-117A fighter, which the US Air Force first flew in the 1980s and which is no longer in active use by the US.
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