J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII

[Alfa_Particle]

If RAM materials can be designed to benefit from the "quenching" effect, high heat from supersonic flights and hot sun would not be a problem.

Surviving is one thing, but your IR signature becomes a massive problem at high supersonic.

 

[latenlazy]

Surviving is one thing, but your IR signature becomes a massive problem at high supersonic.

If the missile can catch you.

 

[Alfa_Particle]

If the missile can catch you.

Ha, that's true. But no stealth fighters can travel M5+... For now.

 

[latenlazy]

Ha, that's true. But no stealth fighters can travel M5+... For now.

You don’t need to travel at Mach 5. The missile needs to close distance in order to reach you and has limited propellant. The faster you can dash when the missile is coming the more likely you are to escape. If an IR missile is fired at you that means it already got a lock anyways, so flying faster isn’t going to make you that much more seen.

 

[Alfa_Particle]

You don’t need to travel at Mach 5. The missile needs to close distance in order to reach you and has limited propellant. The faster you can dash when the missile is coming the more likely you are to escape. If an IR missile is fired at you that means it already got a lock anyways, so flying faster isn’t going to make you that much more seen.

Well, I was thinking more of the SR-71 approach where you straight-up outrun the missile, but I guess that works too.

 

[siegecrossbow]

 

[Michael90]

So true. Russian propaganda on Oreshnik is ridiculous, painting it out to be the world's best, world's first xyz ... throw in "hypersonic".
In reality Oreshnik is just bundled MaRV on IRBM booster. Something many, many countries have had for over a decade (at least in China's case).

Agree

 

[Blitzo]

Is there any footage in here that is new?

It all looks like stuff that we've seen before, with a few snippets sped up (as they irritatingly like to do), with one or two CGI clips as well.

 

[Deino]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding this post, but are the guys in the comment section suggesting, the 16th AB at Yinchuan/West is (to become) the first operational J-20A unit?

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[Alfa_Particle]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding this post, but are the guys in the comment section suggesting, the 16th AB at Yinchuan/West is (to become) the first operational J-20A unit?

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I wouldn't guess from the comments alone without inputs from the OP, tbh. OP is just saying the 20A should really make an appearance as it's lunar new year (as in a wishful tone).

Although pictured is obviously not the J-20A.