"The Chengdu J-20 Dragon" Topic
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| Tango01 | 18 Jan 2014 10:12 p.m. PST |
"The third—or maybe fourth—copy of China's first stealth fighter design has appeared in photos published on the Chinese Internet. The Chengdu J-20 Dragon with the nose number "2011" appears to boast several important improvements and marks Beijing's continued march towards an operational radar-evading warplane. In other words, this new J-20 is a big deal—and comes hard on the heels of several other major aerospace advancements in China, including the first public flights of the new J-16 fighter-bomber and a potentially weapons-armed jet drone. The J-20 first appeared in photos leaked online—most likely by bloggers on the Chinese Communist Party payroll—in late December 2010. The large, twin-engine fighter prototype with the nose number "2001," painted a sinister black, first flew in January 2011, commencing a slow but steady test program…" link Full article here.
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| Dark Knights And Bloody Dawns | 19 Jan 2014 3:47 a.m. PST |
Amazing what espionage can do for your military might |
| whoa Mohamed | 19 Jan 2014 7:08 a.m. PST |
If they bring their f35 in on time and under budget we should fire our guys and hire thiers….Now if only we leak plans to the littoral combat ships we would have them right where we want them…..Mikey |
| Feet up now | 19 Jan 2014 4:49 p.m. PST |
Is it just me or does that look like Firefox? |
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