Posted on 03/21/2006 1:53:09 AM PST by Flavius
J-XX STEALTHY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT Advertise on this site!
According to the reports of the Jane's Defence Weekly, China has already launched its next generation stealthy fighter aircraft programme, and Shenyang Aircraft Industry Co. (SAC) has been selected to head research and development of a new fighter for the PLA Air Force (PLAAF).
PROGRAMME
According to the report from Jane's, development of the subsystems including the engine and weapon suite for the next generation fighter, which was codenamed by the Western intelligence as J-XX, has been underway for some time. Images of the concepts show a twin-engine aircraft sharing some design traits with Lockheed Martin's stealthy F/A-22 "Raptor" multirole fighter such as the internal carriage of its weapons.
Not too much public information about the programme is available at the moment. The aircraft, which could be designated as J-13 or J-14, is still going through initial concept work, the same stage as the USAF Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) programme in the early 1980s, which later led to the F/A-22 Raptor. Sources within China's confirmed that the SAC is looking at a twin-engine, single-seat, single vertical tale fin design, but other design proposals has yet been ruled out.
As China has developed close ties with Russia's aerospace industry and has license produced many planes of formal Soviet designs, it can be predicted that the J-XX would include some, if not many Russian technologies and designs. China has been offered a 'joint development and production' of a new fifth-generation fighter by Russia -LFI. Russia has been trying to sell this concept both to China and India for some time, but neither of them has committed fully yet. According to Russian resources, the LFI will be able to counter U.S. second fifth-generation Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
Stealth and thrust vectoring are two must-have features in all aircraft being designed in the 21st century. If is not clear that how much progress Chinese designers have made in these areas, and Chinese aircraft industry may have to take Western/Israeli/Russian helps to make the J-XX truly fouth-generation (or fifth-generation using the Russian standards). Once introduced, the J-12's immediate rival will be U.S. F/A-22, JSF and India's MCA (Medium Combat Aircraft).
Date Last Updated: 10 July 05
It is similar to one of the Russian models, the MiG 1.44
Definite family resemblance.
It's not just American firms and sold out politicians. Europe lifted their arms sales ban to china, and their firms and bought and paid for politicians can't wait to arm up the chicoms, either.
Of course its a god damn fantastic photoshop job nonetheless. The proof is as they in the pudding if one has seen the same plane, though in CGI format.
this picture in particular should be familiar, its similar to the one in the magazine above but albeit of CGI and not as good as a photoshop job
Then again I could be wrong and the photograph is genuine while the other CGI's are based on this original, but it just doesn't pass the smell test.
That picture looks like a "still" from a video game.....
Off topic I admit, but I love your screen name. I respect a man thats knows his wood.
ive seen these pictures before but it aws 4 am and pretty sure they were doctored the lanugaged maybe real or their guesses maybe real
never then less i do not think chicoms are only making parts for walmart
The images are well known fakes. Amazing what people believe!
No they'll probably go down the line of navalised Flankers with Frogfoots as their trainers.
http://jczs.sina.com.cn/bbs/2005/1117/14342129.html
the first American Rocket looks similar with the German V2, the Tomahawk looks similar with the V1, the most US fighters use Deltawing, similar to DR.Lippisch development, the Radar system of the F22 is similar to the Radar, thats development for the Eurofighter ( canceld, because to expensive, but finish ) and the Russian use this Technology sine 1987 aktive in the MIG31( Phased array Radar )
Jet Engine, from Germany
Lampyridae looks F117, but was earlyer in Germany !!!
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://home.xmsnet.nl/hdejong/curious/Lampyridae%2520aero%2520testbed%2520front.jpg&imgrefurl=http://home.xmsnet.nl/hdejong/curious/Lampyridae.htm&h=541&w=787&sz=34&hl=de&start=20&um=1&tbnid=LwPBUUZFLR-ECM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlampyridae%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dde%26newwindow%3D1%26sa%3DN
In the end, of course all the engineers need to follow the physik rules of aerodynamik.
Without the second world war, and without the lucky position of the Island of America,and all of the technology stohlen after that, they would be India or China today.
Everyone should think about this.
That CGI picture is fake...probably generated by computer.
Cut and paste this link http://www.luft46.com/
Even Rutan's ideas for the SPACESHIP ONE and the craft that carried it aloft were copies.
And, gee, doesn´t this look familiar
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