I think its mere existence emerging this soon (later this year or very early next year) is already evidence of a sense of humour.
Everything else is just gratuitous lol
PLA next/6th generation fighter thread
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I think its mere existence emerging this soon (later this year or very early next year) is already evidence of a sense of humour.
Everything else is just gratuitous lol
They named the J-35 the J-35.
Unveiled on Jan 11th again?
Jan 11th was an accident since they planned on flying earlier but ran into technical difficulties.
Since the plane will fly before end of year they will do it on the 24th for maximum trolling. Imagine how many intelligence folks will have their vacations ruined.
It isn't the J-XD. The psychological weight of its emergence (if it ends up looking in a reasonable way that we expect) might end up making the effect of J-20 emerging look quaint.
According to Yankee it might be a case similar to Soviets expecting F-111B but getting F-14s. However, it is possible for the blob to bury their heads in the sand and insist that it is just an F-111, just like how they claimed Trump would lose by a large margin.
yeah, I heard that part. I don't think it can be overstated. The Saudis have set up a nice big real estate at Zhuhai air show. Once they see that China is ahead in mil tech, this is going to help those weapons negotiation and future projects quite a bit.
It's going to help give China some really geopolitical edge that will reverberate far beyond DC.
What matters for Saudis isn't just mil tech, but actual physical presence and protection - and not just against external opponents. The
US is a security guarantor for much of the middle east.
Until China intervenes in the Middle East the way US and Soviet Union did in the mid-late 1950s(basically throwing UK and France out) - it's a hopeless affair.
Saudis might want the most advanced equipment but what they want and what they'll get is 2 different things. China will be using most of those 5th gens themselves, and the will rely on the new technologies to achieve front breakthroughs in a major upcoming war. If the US is not housekeeping it's best tech well, that's their unforced error.
"security guarantor" is whoever is willing to sell Saudis as much shit as they want. Sure that can be China, but if China wants it is another matter.
I don't think China will supply Saudi with arms that are more needed for the home front. At most, they'll keep supplying curiosities that have high value to the Saudis but aren't breakthrough weapons in Asia. Lasers, advanced drones in limited numbers etc.