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kwaigonegin

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siegecrossbow said:
I’ve read on Weibo that the unit in question operates the J-16, not the J-20, but even then it isn’t like the J-20 is invincible so there is a chance of it getting locked on and vice versa. The document in question is actually a commendation on the J-16 operators so there are some interesting tidbits that the guy sharing it on Twitter, a PLAAF hater, has omitted. Supposedly there is an excerpt on J-16 identifying and locking F-35 using passive (IR sensors) that “mysteriously” got redacted by the poster.

The reason that he blotted out the name of the fighter is because he got butthurt after someone on Weibo fooled him into believing that x-ray scans of a toy J-20 swallowed by a toddler where EOTS footage of an F-35 acquiring lock on the J-20. He hoped to fool people into thinking that J-20 got locked. But even if it does, I don’t see what the big deal is. Getting locked in peacetime is a fairly common occurrence.
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Whaaat???? I'm unfamiliar with PLAAF's RoR but I guarantee you a missile lock is NOT common during peacetime.
As a matter a fact a missile lock may be treated very similarly as a Fox 3 and would be considered a hostile act by NATO members and certainly would be between PLAAF and USAF aircrafts carrying live ordnance which I believe they do in SCS.
 
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kwaigonegin said:
Whaaat???? I'm unfamiliar with PLAAF's RoR but I guarantee you a missile lock is NOT common during peacetime.
As a matter a fact a missile lock may be treated very similarly as a Fox 3 and would be considered a hostile act by NATO members and certainly would be between PLAAF and USAF aircrafts carrying live ordnance which I believe they do in SCS.
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Not missile lock, just biting each other’s six’o clock to gain advantageous position. I agree that using fire control radar is a very serious escalation and that is not ever seen.
 
by78

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Changhe is set to build a new R&D and production base for heavy helicopters. The project is in land survey phase, with surveys to be conducted on a 19.6-acre plot of land.

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by78 said:
Changhe is set to build a new R&D and production base for heavy helicopters. The project is in land survey phase, with surveys to be conducted on a 19.6-acre plot of land.

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Is this still intended to be a joint Russian Chinese design, or just a Chinese one?
 
siegecrossbow

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siegecrossbow said:
Another guy (also BUAA graduate) claims that the whole thing is fabricated and he knows the original source.

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Found the original Wechat log. The incident/document may or may not be real, but the one we saw is most certainly faked. He even included the typo from the original wechat! Whole thing is word for word. The conversational nature of the vernacular should've been a giveaway.
 
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