J-35 carrier fighter (PLAN) thread

[Bob Smith]

I never understood this. It's not as if there's some 'rule of war' that one side cannot use equipment based on designs of the other side. Where China clearly has based its designs on foreign kit (e.g. Z20, J-11/15/16, H-6K, Z-9, many others) - whether by fair means or foul- then they've saved themselves billions and billions of $$$ in design & development costs - what's not to like? In other cases it's clearly a matter or form following function - the way pretty much every current or planned 5th Gen fighter (except of course J-20) looks like something between F22 and F35 is because they're all trying to meet similar design requirements.

I have no issue if China copied the design 1:1 if it helps them defend their country better. I'm talking specifically about nomenclature. It takes zero effort to change a name and there are an infinite amount of numbers you could label it. Why number it exactly as the airplane every person is accusing it of copying off of? It just gives haters more ammo to baselessly criticize China.

 

[Maikeru]

I have no issue if China copied the design 1:1 if it helps them defend their country better. I'm talking specifically about nomenclature. It takes zero effort to change a name and there are an infinite amount of numbers you could label it. Why number it exactly as the airplane every person is accusing it of copying off of? It just gives haters more ammo to baselessly criticize China.

Trolling? "Hey, we stole your design, copied it (a bit better), and there's SFA you can do about it! NER NER!".

 

[Bob Smith]

Trolling? "Hey, we stole your design, copied it (a bit better), and there's SFA you can do about it! NER NER!".

Like I asked earlier, did they embrace the copying everything from America meme? They should label the type 095 as the Virginia class for full potential.

 

[Sleepyjam]

Like I asked earlier, did they embrace the copying everything from America meme? They should label the type 095 as the Virginia class for full potential.

PLA navy submarines use numbers as a naming convention not letters. J35 fits the naming convention for fighters.

 

[lunlunqq]

Serious question. By naming this the J-35, are the Chinese embracing the "we copy everything from the Americans" meme?

Nay... The J-20 prototypes were all numbered 20XX. Fout-digit serial numbers. Following this logic this is 350-03. So clearly it's gonna be names J-350.

 

[Sleepyjam]

I have no issue if China copied the design 1:1 if it helps them defend their country better. I'm talking specifically about nomenclature. It takes zero effort to change a name and there are an infinite amount of numbers you could label it. Why number it exactly as the airplane every person is accusing it of copying off of? It just gives haters more ammo to baselessly criticize China.

Why so bothered with baseless hate? Most people don’t need validation from these haters.

 

[OppositeDay]

At least China is far more judicious with naming than Russians and no worse than Americans (Is F-35 a full generation ahead of F-22? What's it with F-20?).

Logically I J-20 should be called "J-21" and J-XY should be called "J-25". But to my ear "J-25" just doesn't have a nice ring to it. It sounds like refurbished Soviet era relic.

 

[A.Man]

Photoshopped already:

 

[henrik]

Does it have a retractable ladder?
Actually, the KF-21 is a copy of the F35.

 

[siegecrossbow]

I have no issue if China copied the design 1:1 if it helps them defend their country better. I'm talking specifically about nomenclature. It takes zero effort to change a name and there are an infinite amount of numbers you could label it. Why number it exactly as the airplane every person is accusing it of copying off of? It just gives haters more ammo to baselessly criticize China.

I think it is less arrogant than 57 = 22+35 but that’s just me.

I still prefer J-21, but then again there is KF-21…