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Tango01  | 14 Mar 2018 12:51 p.m. PST |
…. Based on J-20 Stealth Fighter. "China is preparing to commence research on a sixth-generation fighter aircraft from experience gained in the developing the fifth-generation J-20 stealth jet, its most modern fighter to date. The J-20 stealth fighter jet will be given more capabilities than merely penetrating an enemy's air defense networks, according to its chief designer, Yang Wei, a deputy director at Aviation Industry Corp of China and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Yang Wei told China Daily that designers will develop variants of the radar-evading J-20 and will open research on its successor, a sixth-generation fighter jet, Global Times reported…"
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| Lion in the Stars | 14 Mar 2018 5:54 p.m. PST |
Meh. They still can't make 3rd-generation engines. |
| kabrank | 15 Mar 2018 4:21 a.m. PST |
Lion China has a long term plan and one suspects looking at the advancements they are making in many fields the Engine issue will be solved at some point, possibly not too far away |
| Lion in the Stars | 15 Mar 2018 6:16 p.m. PST |
Oh, sorry, 'fourth-generation engines'. 'Fourth-generation engines' are 1970s tech. F100s, F110s, etc, as used to power F15s and F16s, MiG29s and Su27s. Until China groks Quality Assurance, their engines aren't going to be effective. |
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