plawolf
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If that’s the quality of their officers, they better pray they never actually go to war with anyone.
J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII
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If that’s the quality of their officers, they better pray they never actually go to war with anyone.
SamuraiBlue
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I am guessing this has been discussed in the past but now it has been verified by the US.
You'll find that the US made couple of mistakes but I am betting they got a fairly good estimate of the RCS of J-20 with this mock up.
You'll find that the US made couple of mistakes but I am betting they got a fairly good estimate of the RCS of J-20 with this mock up.
by78
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I don't think that mockup is for RCS testing purposes at all.
If it's the same mock up we saw on the ground those few years ago, I doubt it.
We know what proper RCS mock ups look like, and the picture from the ground before definitely isn't that.
I suspect it's just a familiarization mock up for introducing their forces to the aircraft in a way that's more effective than a powerpoint slide.
That said I'm sure the US has done actual proper RCS testing of J-20 (in the same way that China would've done for F-22 and F-35 as well). But it's almost certainly not being done with that specific mockup lol. At least, for the sake of the US I hope not.
They seem to be using a crude replica of the original 2001/2002 prototype instead of production aircraft, which is baffling. Even if you are training Marine aviators/ground pounders for visual identification the black paint job is way out of date.
Just more Indian bullshit. They still won't have Rafaels in 10 years.
The only thing that the Rafale have over the J-20 is its ability to super-cruise, everything else is nonsense. Stealth is huge advantage that can’t be overcome by marginal improvements in existing capabilities. India bought a bunch Rafale at an obscene price, they have to justify it to the civilians somehow.
I'm not even sure if He himself believe that nonsense, a-lot of military to press speak involves boosting morale and placating the press. All countries pulls this nonsense, like when the USMC decommissioned all of its tank battalions, it’s ‘Adapting to a future environment’, or when PLA soldier not having body armour in the past because if ‘reduces fighting spirit’. At the end of the day, the reason is usually ‘We don’t have the money for that’.
I'm not even sure if He himself believe that nonsense, a-lot of military to press speak involves boosting morale and placating the press. All countries pulls this nonsense, like when the USMC decommissioned all of its tank battalions, it’s ‘Adapting to a future environment’, or when PLA soldier not having body armour in the past because if ‘reduces fighting spirit’. At the end of the day, the reason is usually ‘We don’t have the money for that’.
Good catch, I missed that completely. But the article is written by an Ex-Wing commander in a reputable tabloid and yet, it just garbage. No wonder India is in a state it is in today.
Their Air Force top brass claimed that the MKI could spot the J-20 with its radar within several kilometers. Just because someone is top brass doesn’t mean that he/she is knowledgeable about all subject matters.
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