"Beijing's New Stealth Jet: Made in China" Topic

"The Chinese military has a new stealth jet, but what messages are they sending as it is prepared for active service?

The toys coming out of China nowadays are amazing.

Laymen build aircraft and submarines in their spare time, and take their creations on trial submersions that earn them fifteen minutes of fame on CCTV and Weibo. They're bold, they're scrappy, and they're certainly impressive. But in the past week, the southeastern port city of Zhuhai saw a different kind of flight. Fighter jets howled and scraped the skies overhead as crowds adored a docked GJ-1 drone that is normally flown remotely by officers of the People's Liberation Army. Xiaomi smartphones and Samsung Galaxy tablets captured photos of the warplanes in action before the shots were uploaded to Weibo. Few cared about the grounded luxury jets that offered all manner of in-flight comforts—those were meant for the princelings. The crowd was there to see something new, the star of the show: the Shenyang J-31 stealth fighter flown by elite pilots of the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

The new stealth fighter is special. It's a fifth-generation aircraft, meaning it's as advanced as it can be as of 2014. The J in its name actually stands for Jian—annihilate, eliminate…"
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The J in its name actually stands for Jian—annihilate, eliminate…"

Actually I think 'Jian' in this case means 'sword,' 'arrow' or 'sharp.'

China's fighters have had J designation since 1950s. It's their word for fighter.

Tango do you deliberately seek out the most poorly researched articles on the net?

No my friend, it's pure chance… (smile)

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