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2020-09-15 China-Japan-Koreas

The Chinese J-31 5th-Gen stealth fighter may be a total F-35 'rip-off'

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Well, this is doomed to failure if they ripped off the software, too.

Posted by gorb 2020-09-15 00:56|| 2020-09-15 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 If we're lucky the Chinese will have pirated Windows too.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-09-15 01:36|| 2020-09-15 01:36|| Front Page Top

#3 You know, if somebody clones your airplane, then you know pretty much everything about their plane.

Posted by Grunter 2020-09-15 04:55|| 2020-09-15 04:55|| Front Page Top

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-09-15 06:45|| 2020-09-15 06:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Total? No. A good chunk, yes. And they can't even copy it well. The J-20 is a complete piece of shit and I doubt this one is better.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-09-15 08:42|| 2020-09-15 08:42|| Front Page Top

#6 ...And the Chinese jet engines are ...crap. They keep having to buy Russian jet engines despite massive efforts to build a domestic engine.

Posted by magpie 2020-09-15 14:44|| 2020-09-15 14:44|| Front Page Top

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