[Newsbot]

Title: Chinese media report mystery stealth fighter photos
Category: World
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2011-01-05 13:04:39

[1Peg]

I'm sure I just read an article about China getting an aircraft carrier and BUYING fighter jets from Russia......hmm

[TuavDan]

i've said it for years..."Watch out for China!" They will be the Super Power of the world within 20 years!

[Gunnair]

Chinese media 'leaked' the photos...

[ShepherdsDog]

Black matte paint does not a stealth plane make.

[Canadian_Mind]

Looks slick, but the tail-end looks like a RCS nightmare.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

Looks slick, but the tail-end looks like a RCS nightmare.

Doesn't really look any worse than this tail section.

[PostFactum]

That's not looks like the kind of most modern planes but, everything new is good, especially for China.

[Canadian_Mind]

PublicAnimalNo9 PublicAnimalNo9:

Canadian_Mind Canadian_Mind:

Looks slick, but the tail-end looks like a RCS nightmare.

Doesn't really look any worse than this tail section.

The thing has 6 different vertical stabilizers (2 on top, 4 smaller ones on bottom) and the engines are exposed coming out the rear, whereas the F-22 only has 2 vertical stabilizers, and the engines are hidden from view by the diamond-shaped exhaust nozzles.

[BartSimpson]

The J20 looks like it borrowed heavily from the F23.

The J20:



The F23:



In any case, I'm not worried about it because the Chinese are unable to make baby formula without mucking it up so I'm not too worried about them producing a stealth fighter.

[bootlegga]

So they're building a stealth fighter - big whoop. Even the Chinese admit the J-20 is fourth generation, while the Raptor and JSF are fifth generation. And given the problems they have with production quality, I'll bet most won't get much airtime - just like China's domestically produced nuclear subs don't get much sea time.

Unlike their competitors, the Chinese have neither quantity nor quality when it comes to weapons manufacturing.

[EyeBrock]

I'm sure anybody could get a close look at this. Just hang around the airfield it flies out of and wait in a nearby field. One will drop in soon enough.

[GreenTiger]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

The J20 looks like it borrowed heavily from the F23.

The J20:



The F23:



In any case, I'm not worried about it because the Chinese are unable to make baby formula without mucking it up so I'm not too worried about them producing a stealth fighter.

If the J-20 were made with the same quality as the trash, er Wal-Mart merchandise that they
they make we don't have to be too worried.

[EyeBrock]

I think you will get fries with the Chinese version. Don't lick it though.

[Canadian_Mind]

I don't think they look similar at all. J-20 is a delta wing with canards where the YF 23 is a diamond-wing with elevator/horizontal stabilizer in one unit. Pak-Fa looks closer to YF-23 than the J-20, and even that is a long shot.