J-20 Chinese Stealth Bomber

[WildBill]

Secretary Gates' was treated as an unofficial Guest of Honor in China, by a public display of the J-20 Chinese Stealth Bomber, to co-incide with his visit. To make a foreign dignitary an official Guest of Honor, their country would have to be an active military ally.

A public display without a foreign dignitary nearby, would imply its capability to be used, on all foreigners, even worse would be a private unveiling of the J-20 Stealth Bomb, flying near South Korea.

No sweat.

Pictures at: http://www.google.com/images?q=%22chinese+stealth+fighter%22&hl=en&num=10&lr=&cr=&safe=images&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=gBcuTdmnB5SosQPer-TaBg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDgQsAQwAw&biw=520&bih=271

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press – Tue Jan 11, 2011.
BEIJING – China's radar-eluding stealth fighter made its first-known test flight Tuesday, marking dramatic progress in the country's efforts to develop cutting-edge military technologies.

The prototype plane dubbed the J-20 flew for about 15 minutes over an airfield in the southwestern city of Chengdu where it was spotted carrying out runway tests last week, Kanwa Asian Defense magazine editor Andrei Chang said.

Photos of the plane in flight and on the ground surrounded by men in civilian clothes and army overcoats were also posted on unofficial Chinese military websites.

From: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110111/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_stealth_fighter

[David Jamieson]

Not to completely diminish the accomplishment, but it's essentially an su-27 knock off with imitation f-22 wings lacking in mid-air refueling capacity and advanced targeting systems. As well, it simply doesn't stack up against the JTF-35 and seems rather pointless from that standpoint. Not to mention inferior a2a weaponry and next to zero high tech ordinance to load onto it.

In effect, it's obsolete before it's even produced. What has been learned by making this is what will be the stepping stone.

[MightyB]

What has been learned by making this is what will be the stepping stone.

http://thomsonreuters.com/news_ideas/white_papers/?itemId=257635
"China is projected to lead in patent activity by 2011, according to a detailed intellectual property analysis published by our IP Solutions business. The study, Patented in China II: The Present and Future State of Innovation in China, tracks global patent activity as a barometer for innovation across dozens of metrics to provide a view into China's innovation economy."

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There's over a billion cell phones in the world and not one is produced in the USA. Not to mention computers, iPads, etc. Also the US, despite political rhetoric, is quickly falling behind in design, innovation, and development of Green Tech. Because we have no national agenda, no national pride, and rampant greed at the top that constantly trumps sensibility- we're doomed. We have an economy where the only growth is in it's failed health care system. A nation can't depend on sick people as it's sole driver for economic growth, yet manufacturing and technology are increasingly being outsourced to increase shareholder value.

[Syn7]

Chinese TV tries to pass ‘Top Gun’ footage off as real drill?


http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/chinese-tv-tries-pass-top-gun-footage-off-20110129-122945-920.html

[David Jamieson]

Chinese TV tries to pass ‘Top Gun’ footage off as real drill?


http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/chinese-tv-tries-pass-top-gun-footage-off-20110129-122945-920.html

hahaha, that's awesome.

unfortunate and awesome all in one go!


like I said above, the plane doesn't actually have a lot of capabilities, the Chinese have no high end ordinance to put on it, no comparably advanced targeting systems as NATO has and they cannot do mid air refuels with it.

They have a really cool toy that they can only use to 20% capacity essentially. By the time they get it all ironed out, jtf35's will be in the phase out while drone particle beam weapons platforms will be fighting wars on our behalf....until they turn on us too! :p