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FOX News/Warrior Maven: The Chinese J-31 5th-Gen stealth fighter may be a total F-35 'rip-off'
Chinese progress with the J-31 calls to mind several timely strategic calculations
Chinese media reports have been referencing new photos of the emerging J-31 5th-Gen stealth fighter appearing on social media, ostensibly showing various design improvements to the new radar-evading multi-role aircraft.
A May 5 report in the Global Times, an English-language Chinese newspaper, says the new photos show an … “upgraded version with modifications made to its aerodynamic design just like the prototype that made its maiden flight in 2016, instead of the original version that made its public debut at Airshow China in 2014.”
Improvements or changes to the J-31 likely continue a longstanding pattern of China’s apparent and somewhat visible effort to copy, steal or mirror designs used for the U.S. F-35. Virtually all photos and renderings of the J-31, since first unveiled, revealed a striking resemblance to the U.S. F-35. This does not come to the surprise of many in the U.S., given China’s well-known and documented cyberespionage efforts. A 2014 “U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission” congressional report specifically cites a Defense Science Board finding that Chinese cyberattacks resulted in the theft of significant specs and technical details of a range of U.S. weapons systems — including the F-35.
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WNU Editor: I am willing to bet that the engine is not as good as the one on the F-35. And the avionics is probably years behind.
5 comments:
History goes to the innovative. Not the imitated. Also slaves make terrible soldiers.
It's classic 'Made in China'.
We all know it looks flash on the outside, the design always ripped from the West, with cheap shoddy workmanship on the inside...
It is true that much of Chinese tech is based on theft. It is also true that much of the Chinese way of war is based on imagery and illusion. BUT, much of China's educational dependency on the west has eroded. If there's ever a time to end the Chinese Visa programs, it is right after Trump's reelection. It is overdue and we cannot keep up with a system that OKs theft and uses the spoils of that theft against us several times over through info warfare but also to just outmuscle our companies.
You see, there's also compounded interest on theft. China's theft has compounded for decades. They're filthy rich now. And we had to pay for it all while competing legally.
It must end and it will end.
TRUMP 2020.
Or vote Democrat and your kids will work at Foxconn making more godless plastic shit
equivalent o F4
Equivalent of F4
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