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Chinese Junk? Latest Fighter Plane from People's Army Ticketed for Export |
2013-10-02 |
A new fighter plane built by China is drawing more snickers than raves from aviation experts, and the People's Army is now saying the jet was really ticketed for export all along. The J-31 "Falcon Hawk," likely designed by reverse-engineering a downed U.S. stealth fighter, was supposed “to become China’s next generation of carrier-based aircraft” and take its place next to the U.S.-made F-35 Lightning II as the gold standard in air force weaponry, according to a report last month in People’s Daily. But now it looks like China, which has exactly one aircraft carrier, has scaled back the hype and will peddle the aircraft to second-tier air forces like Brazil, Pakistan and some Middle East countries. Even the Chinese press has been critical of the jet, with Bejing-based Sina Military Network calling the J-15 a “flopping fish,” and claiming that the plane could not take off from a carrier with heavy ammunitions which could cripple its attack range as well as firepower. |
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
#9 It's twin engined; it looks like it's halfway between an F-35 and an F-22, with the F-35's intake and engine nozzles but a F-22 fuselage between them. (with something that looks Sukhoi-ish between the two nozzles). |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-10-02 19:00 |
#8 Hmmm.... is the press release about the J-31 or the J-15? Neither resemble the F-117 in my opinion. |
Posted by: RJ45ACP 2013-10-02 18:05 |
#7 Looks an awful lot like an F-35 to me... |
Posted by: tu3031 2013-10-02 15:30 |
#6 More likely an F-117. |
Posted by: Pappy 2013-10-02 15:24 |
#5 Thats what you get when you copy our piece of crap F-35. |
Posted by: newc 2013-10-02 10:59 |
#4 It sometimes happens with (capitalist running dog) novices writing contracts to overlook little things like ordnance loads included in the aircraft specs. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-10-02 10:37 |
#3 In all fairness the USN has also had the problem of getting fully loaded birds off the deck. The canceled a12 would have required a fuel top off after the cat shot if it were fully loaded. The cats could not handle the GTOW |
Posted by: USN,ret 2013-10-02 08:33 |
#2 If that plane has moving parts there could be problems. |
Posted by: Grunter 2013-10-02 07:28 |
#1 Should have started with the SkyRaider and worked up. |
Posted by: Shipman 2013-10-02 04:56 |