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Look at this image: http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Photo-comparison-of-the-U.S.-F-35-left-and-Chinese-J-20.-China-obtained-F-35-design-data-in
by engi_nerd 11y ago
Look at this image: http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Photo-comparison-of-the-U.S.-F-35-left-and-Chinese-J-20.-China-obtained-F-35-design-data-in-2007-through-cyberespionage.-Chinese-Internet.jpeg http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Photo-compa...
F-35 on the left, Chinese J-20 on the right. We don't have to copy Chinese designs, they already copied ours.
- mirimir 11y agoYes, that's well known. But maybe, in addition to copying many features, the Chinese tweaked other stuff. Maybe they tweaked heat management, agility, IR etc sensors, and so on. And maybe they also hacked the Russians and Japanese, and combined best features. Overall, maybe the J-20 looks a lot like a F-35a might look. That's a lot of "maybes", I admit. But it would be foolish to ignore the possibilities, no?
- engi_nerd 11y agoWell, a certain degree of paranoia about these things is healthy. So I will not dismiss your scenario, though I believe it is unlikely. EDIT: And there's no "maybe" about if the J-20 resembles the F-35...
- mirimir 11y agoUnlikely? Hard to say. And yes, the J-20 closely resembles the F-35. There's no doubt about that. But in any case, I do think that it could be a productive scenario for the US military :)
- engi_nerd 11y agoYes, hard to say. That's why I said, "I believe"...gut feeling, no evidence either way.