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Originally Posted by _Richard_
no, a US military guy said the chinese were 20 years behind the US, then the chinese flew a stealth fighter
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Here's the article I read:
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/1...ng-test-flown/
Here's what they said:
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While these are both fifth-generation fighter jets, that doesn't put them on par with America's two newest fighters.
For example, Pike said China's jet engines just don't come close to American engines. "This is a sucking chest wound of Chinese military aviation."
Pike said the primary Chinese military jet engine is based on an American design. "We started development of this engine back in the '60s. Then they commercialized it in the 1970s. Then the Chinese got a hold of it 20 years ago and it's still no good. It's a half century-old design that they've been working on for two decades, and it's still no good."
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Seems pretty bad really.
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Originally Posted by _Richard_
this F35 doesn't fly in the rain or any place that has particles in the air, due to the skin used for the radar reflection
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That's odd. I don't recall ever reading that. I can't seem to find anything about it via Google either. In fact, the only reference I can find is about the radar absorbing material on the B2, and how the F35 is a "completely different animal":
http://defense.aol.com/2012/07/11/lo...-for-f-35-jsf/
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Originally Posted by _Richard_
it also has a habit of killing it's pilots over 25k feet
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They fixed that a while back - It wasn't the plane itself, but rather the air mask.