A J-31 stealth fighter of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force is seen during a test flight ahead of the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, November 10, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Alex Lee
'Stolen' J-31 Can Beat American Jets In Dogfight, Says US Pilot -- Want China Times
The J-31, China's second fifth-generation stealth fighter designed by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, is capable of outperforming all US fourth-generation fighters in aerial combat, according to a US fighter pilot cited in our sister newspaper Want Daily.
With its appearance similar to the US F-22 and F-35 fighters, the J-31 was developed based on US technology stolen by Chinese spies, the pilot claimed. He gave his view that all US fourth-generation fighters including the AV-8, F-15 and F/A-18 would be unable to go head to head against the J-31 in a dogfight. The plane will be the perfect fighter for the People's Liberation Army to carry out anti-access and area-denial strategies in the Western Pacific, he said.
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My Comment: It is still too early to assess the capabilities of the J-31 .... especially against U.S. capabilities .... but some U.S. pilots are already expressing their concerns.
3 comments:
America could never remain top-dog forever, and it is that ignorance of the fact that has allowed others to catch up.
This is exactly what I was saying this summer. China doesn't have to reinvent the wheel because they can steal the plans and they can beat us on manufacturing. They don't need vastly superior technology to beat us, they just need a great deal of somewhat lesser technology.
I suspect this is a thinly vieled sales pitch for so called 5 Gen fighters. As its not clear the F35 could defeat any 4th generation fighter, would certainly as a dogfighter be oblsolete already?
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