F-22A and can the Chinese copy it?
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huh???sunjerem said:
I never heard of the H-9, but I have no idea what gave you the impression that J-xx could be a F-22A clone.
You can't clone something as complicated as F-22 unless you have complete access to it and even then. The Chinese have had nothing but some pictures of it. Frankly, they have to figure out the entire stealth thng on their own.
The chinesse could make an aircraft that looked very similar to the F-22 however it will be inferior in nearly every way.
As pointed out above they can only copy cosmetics they cant copy the internals of the aircraft so it will just be a fancy looking conventional aircraft.
I did a lot of research on this secret chinesse aircraft, and the most i could gather was that the aircraft would "look" similar to an F-22 slightly smaller yet have performance similar to the old F-15.
Basically a semi-stealthy Mig-29. Would go well against a JSF, but the F-22 would slaughter it in every way.
Thats why the USAF NEEDS the f-22 so badly as there is a good chance in 10 years time china will have an aircraft that can perform as well as the JSF.
As pointed out above they can only copy cosmetics they cant copy the internals of the aircraft so it will just be a fancy looking conventional aircraft.
I did a lot of research on this secret chinesse aircraft, and the most i could gather was that the aircraft would "look" similar to an F-22 slightly smaller yet have performance similar to the old F-15.
Basically a semi-stealthy Mig-29. Would go well against a JSF, but the F-22 would slaughter it in every way.
Thats why the USAF NEEDS the f-22 so badly as there is a good chance in 10 years time china will have an aircraft that can perform as well as the JSF.
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I love your humourBig-E said:
though to be fair the Serbs did manage to hit a F117 during the last Balkans war ... Ok the F-22 is a much newer bird, still human ingeniosity can be unpredictable cheers
Yeah that Serb pilot had intellegence, luck and stupid USAF pilot taking same bombing route everyday. Something you can't count on.contedicavour said:I love your humour
cheers
contedicavour
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Ok pretty reassuring. Though if the planes can be seen by anybody with good weather (pretty common in most hostile areasBig-E said:
) let's just hope ECM, chaff&flare and sheer speed will be enough to counter visually aimed ground-to-air missiles... sometimes it's the most basic techniques that may pay off once radar- or IR-guided missiles are useless because of stealth and reduced IR emissions.cheers
It's really a non-issue. The Raptor and other top of the line "stealth" platforms don't even have to put themselves at risk, due to the United States prolific use of long-range precision-guided munitions.tphuang said:
The name of the game these days, is "stand-off, and deliver." There is no reason to risk an extremely expensive aircraft, and it's priceless crew, because they have modern strike weapons which can destroy the most dangerous threats whilst the Raptor remains a safe distance from defences.
As stealthy, fast, and powerful as the Raptor is- small, NOE-flying, high-speed, highly-accurate weapons like the JASSM-ER are even more difficult to kill. And if they fail to kill it, each such weapon can render an entire SAM/Radar sytem irrepairably non-functional.
Attack - BDA - and if necessary, repeat as directed.
That having been said, the Raptor's other capabilities of low-observability, speed, maneuverablity, and advanced avionics, makes it enormously dangerous even if it's right in the enemy's front yard.
The bar has been raised.
You're joking, right? They are in constant communication and the aircraft can transmit position information through an array of secure, broadband transceivers, and datalinks.
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