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Re: "they are rapidly approaching the West's level of technological sophistication" I would disagree with that assessment. Simple electronics aside, they are
by photorized 14y ago
Re: "they are rapidly approaching the West's level of technological sophistication"
I would disagree with that assessment. Simple electronics aside, they are severely lacking in technology. For example - they spent several decades of R&D on a jet engine, and haven't been able to design/build (or even copy) one that would work. And that's despite all the technological knowledge they borrowed from the Russians.
Disclaimer: former Jet Engine major from Russia, saw much knowledge sharing with China
- eitland 14y agoDoes this mean the reports[1] about the Chinese stealt fighter are hoaxes or that they are buying their engines elsewhere? [1]: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=chinese+stealth+fighter http://duckduckgo.com/?q=chinese+stealth+fighter
- Gravityloss 14y agoRussian engine technology. The J-20 is a big prototype canard fighter that has some stealth features but we don't yet know how stealthy it is, but it doesn't look very. And there's very little information on the J-21/J-31 (naming unclear) but it looks like the JSF / F-22. It could perhaps be more stealthy.
- photorized 14y agoOlder Russian engine - AL-31 (АЛ-31Ф).
- sarvinc 14y agoNot the same jet but another example http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/12/china-upset-at-being-called-ou.html http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/12/china-...