New Chinese version of F-22/23/35..whatever

[bunk22]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/05/chinese-military-buildup-apparent-ahead-gates-visit/#

 

[The Chief]

Oh, do not worry, our leaders just repealed DADT.

 

[twobecrazy]

Isn't it odd how it closely resembles a F-22?

Here is a front view of the F-22.
http://www.dakotathunder.com/Images/F-22.jpg

 

[Morgan81]

How to make fighter better then F-22 in 3 easy steps:
Step one: make it look like pictures on Internet.
Step two: ...don't know
Step three: Profit!

 

[Mumbles]

The tail plan really resembles the Mig 1.42 concept plane... Or the Berkut.

 

[Flash]

The tail plan really resembles the Mig 1.42 concept plane... Or the Berkut.

Put the intakes on the bottom instead of the side and it would look like a younger and stealthier brother of the MiG 1.44/1.42 (which is a flyable prototype, not just a concept) with some F-22/23 thrown in. Between this and the PAK-FA it is almost like the F-22 lobby paid the Russians and Chinese to roll them both out in 2010, a last chance to keep the line going before it shuts down in 2012.

MiG 1.44

 

[Lawman]

Ok... Mods can we move all the stuff on this out of the F-35 page if we're going to start a thread on it?

 

[Schnugg]

That's nothing...look what we got.

 

[SynixMan]

That's nothing...look what we got.

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As long as the pilots come as advertised from the movie, I'm so in.

 

[phrogpilot73]

As long as the pilots come as advertised from the movie, I'm so in.

Jamie Foxx does it for you, huh?

 

[jsmiller]

More pix of the bird... http://china-defense.blogspot.com/2010/12/latest-batch-of-j-20-photos.html

And what's with the highly maneuverable flight surface in the back?

 

[SynixMan]

Jamie Foxx does it for you, huh?

I left the door open and you went in, well played.

 

[statesman]

Jamie Foxx does it for you, huh?

 

[LazersGoPEWPEW]

I left the door open and you went in, well played.

Was that the backdoor?

 

[Flying Toaster]

x2 On the merge of the content in the JSF thread, more pictures, commentary, etc.

While it seems highly unlikely this will be a world beater, or a threat anytime soon, at least it seems to be getting some play in the mainstream media. It's probably too much to hope that it might sound the alarm that our air dominance shouldn't be quite so take for granted by our politicians and the general public. Endlessly dismissing threats as baseless works great until that one day you wake up with a gun to your head and find yourself wondering how it happened. Then again I guess that logic works great if you plan on being long gone when that threat and the consequences becomes a reality. Sort of reminds me of our current financial situation...