China's landed on the more optimistic parts of the spectrum. I would like the "realists" to take a tally of their predictions over the years and honestly examine how things have turned out. Far more often than not, the more "optimistic" predictions turned out correct, and a good part of the times they haven't been correct was because of them not being optimistic enough. Would the "realists" have predicted the present J-20 production rates five years ago? Or that the WS-15 would enter service before the Izd 30?I understand people here are enthusiastic but I am noticing a trend where people see matter which are not yet clearly delineated or characterized or where knowledge is incomplete, and it is populated by suggestions on the more optimistic spectrum.
To be fair, it's not a constant parade of Ws. I would have expected some activity or even a first flight of the H-20 by now, which means the program is having difficulties or it's being reconsidered, neither of which bode well.