There is no evidence that a J-20 crashed yet. Keep in mind that J-20 pilots are also capable of flying J-16 and J-10C.
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There is no evidence that a J-20 crashed yet. Keep in mind that J-20 pilots are also capable of flying J-16 and J-10C.
One of the above? Which one?
If you've read the article in the image, it clearly stated that the pilot was one of the youngest pilots to successfully fly J-20, J-16, and J-10C. Also, no where did the obituary mention the type of plane the pilot flew when the fatal crash occurred.
Now that I think about it, it is highly unlikely that the plane he crashed was a production model J-20. We know that the fatal crash occurred on November 9th. However, PLAAF okayed J-20's A human demos on the 9th and 11th. If a serious accident like a crash happened within the span of two days, they would've suspended the performances.
Latest rumor has it that the aircraft involved in the crash was a J-10C. They failed to even retrieve the body of the pilot from the wreck due to severe burns. RIP.
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The papers are not bad, even if they don't really tell us anything new. They are good at showing relatively straight forward info for people new to the PLAAF. The first paper is very much written to try and make sense of PLAAF capabilities within a US understanding. Nothing wrong with that, but it's a bit unimaginative.
Also I'm not a fan of how the papers seemed to take Sina Military News posts as representative of "Chinese military observers" or "Chinese military media" etc.
Dizasta1
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I am beginning to doubt the intellectual credibility of this so-called "RAND Corporation." With the United States having over 1000 military bases and installations around the world, having the largest most powerful navy in the world where even the combined strength of China and Russia can't match and to add to that, US will have allies with formidable navies of their own fighting along side the United States. Where in the world would China or any other country would get the idea of defeating America? Seriously!!? Is it just this "China paper" or is RAND seem to appear more and more like a Lobbying Firm hired by the Pentagon to scare the living daylights out of US Congress, so that they approve larger military budgets every year?
No offense, Rand, but the only thing that would defeat America is America itself. In particular, with that $21 trillion national debt, growing bigger and bigger with every passing moment.
RAND is the scaremongering branch. It is indeed a integral part of the US MIC + Congress scheme. There is no single country or union of nations that can militarily defeat the US. Nor is there one that can militarily defeat any nuclear power with capabilities of ensured mutual destruction. That simply doesn't exist. All the chest thumping from Russia, China, USA etc of their conventional abilities are aimed at domestic audiences. All the policy makers should know well enough that war is too risky.
It is their job to motivate the masses into accepting increased military budgets while living standards and debt suffer. The trouble for China is that it is actually surrounded by the US and US controlled nations. Without a strong conventional as well as nuclear deterrent, CCP risks another episode of imperialists taking away China's right to self determination. The US is an existential threat to the PRC but the reverse is very far from true, contrary to what's suggested. Russia is even less of a threat to the US these days.
It is their job to motivate the masses into accepting increased military budgets while living standards and debt suffer. The trouble for China is that it is actually surrounded by the US and US controlled nations. Without a strong conventional as well as nuclear deterrent, CCP risks another episode of imperialists taking away China's right to self determination. The US is an existential threat to the PRC but the reverse is very far from true, contrary to what's suggested. Russia is even less of a threat to the US these days.