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New High-Resolution Renderings Of China's 6th-Generation Tactical Fighter Bomber
2025-01-05
Real or vapourware? And if real, is it as scary as Zero Hedge believes?
[ZeroHedge] China's ability to leapfrog current 5th-generation military aviation technology, like the West's F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II, to 6th-generation fighters and fighter bombers, recently prompted Deutsche Bank analyst Scott Deuschle to issue an alarming note titled, "A Wake-Up Call for Sixth Gen."

On Dec. 26, footage of China's next-generation tactical fighter-bomber, expected to replace the Xi'an JH-7, surfaced on Chinese social media before appearing on X. The diamond-shaped wing design left military observers across the West stunned.

DB's Deuschle characterized China's rapid advancements in sixth-generation combat aircraft as a serious "wake-up call" for the United States Air Force. This development comes amid a race between the US, China, and Russia to produce fifth—and sixth-generation fighters, bombers, and hypersonic weapons.

"China has finished developing all planned 5th gen fighters. Hence, our 6th generation fighter will be moving along according to schedule," Zhao DaShuai, a member of the People's Armed Police Propaganda Bureau, recently noted on X.

In other words, China appears to have leapfrogged 5th-generation technology to 6th-generation technology, while the West sabotages its military capabilities with wokiesm and Marxist diversity and ESG climate change policies. The problem with the West is that Hollywood makes fantasy films about these sixth-generation jets.
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  I like the way you think.

Lockheed investing $100M into F-35 controlled combat drones under ‘Project Carrera’
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-05 07:37  

#2  I'm not any kind of expert. But the from footage I saw of that big, three engine plane it looks designed to hang out stealthily at the edge of space, coordinate with drones and smaller fighters, and reign missiles downward. Sensible-and dangerous as hell-but not really revolutionary.
Posted by: Secret Master    2025-01-05 00:53  

#1  It still has JEM lines.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-04 09:00  

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