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(T)HE NEXT GENERATION OF CHINA'S CARRIER BORNE FIGHTER, THE FLYING SHARK, TAKES TO THE SKIES
Popular Mechanics ^
| September 20, 2016
| Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
Posted on 09/20/2016 5:18:11 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: Southron Patriot
A million hours? Any idea what was discovered when the engines were examined?
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posted on
09/20/2016 2:41:14 PM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: Little Ray
What ASBM? You mean an untested piece of vaporware?
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posted on
09/20/2016 3:10:16 PM PDT
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: rlmorel
ping
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posted on
09/20/2016 4:49:50 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
To: rmlew
Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile.
The Chinese have working on ballistic missiles with terminal guidance to attack carriers.
If they work (big if!) they’ll terrifying.
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posted on
09/20/2016 5:51:07 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Freedom Before Security!)
To: Southron Patriot
Are you saying the F-18 was based off of the SU-33? Did I read you correctly there?
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posted on
09/20/2016 6:09:35 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: Southron Patriot
so it spent 114 years in the air??? must be some kind of time machine too
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posted on
09/20/2016 6:31:40 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
To: Little Ray
Our ships have ABM capability (antimissile). The problem of air bursts are an issue, but we are supposed to be shielding our military against that.
But, I agree about Taiwan.
I am afraid our current leadership may sell them out....unless it is a carrot to dangle.........
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posted on
09/21/2016 2:34:05 AM PDT
by
kimtom
(USA ; Freedom is not Free)
To: kimtom
Ballistic missile defense is a bit iffy. It would be nice if we could practice shooting down a few more before we risked a multi-billion dollar carrier and 3000 men on it...
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:35:53 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Freedom Before Security!)
To: wbarmy
The issue is that they are training. So far only via their sole operating carrier and some land-based mockups, but they are training. In another ten years it will likely be a very different story - not at par with the US, but near-par enough that it wouldn't make a difference.
I've been on FR long enough to remember a time when the big anti-China statement was they were so backward they 'lacked an ability to transport soldiers to Taiwan.' I haven't heard that one in a mighty long time
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posted on
09/23/2016 5:23:42 AM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: spetznaz
I agree. China has the ability to transport the soldiers, and Taiwan has been building the capability to down most of those transports. China will win but it will be incredibly Pyrrhic.
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posted on
09/23/2016 5:59:02 AM PDT
by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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