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Chinese Stealth Fighter Could Rival US's Best: Report
ABC News ^ | 05/10/2011 | Lee Ferran

Posted on 05/10/2011 7:13:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The next generation stealth fighter under development by the Chinese military could rival America's best fighters in speed, stealth and lethality, according to a new private report.

Details on the Chinese J-20 fighter are scant as the project has been developed under extreme secrecy, but an analysis conducted by the conservative Washington D.C.-based defense policy think tank The Jamestown Foundation based on the little publicly available information concluded that the fighter "will be a high performance stealth aircraft, arguably capable of competing in most cardinal performance parameters... with the United States F-22A Raptor, and superior in most if not all cardinal performance parameters against the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter."

The F-22 Raptor, which cost the U.S. government $77 billion for 187 planes from defense contracting giant Lockheed Martin, has never seen combat in any of America's three simultaneous major combat operations, but is considered by the Air Force and Lockheed Martin to be a stealth fighter without match. The slightly cheaper F-35, an all purpose stealth fighter being developed by Lockheed Martin for the Air Force, Navy and Marines, is not meant to focus on air-to-air combat like the F-22, but on air-to-ground attacks and is expected to work in tandem with the F-22.

The Jamestown Foundation report, written by defense analyst and F-22 proponent Carlo Kopp, was first published last week just days after America's entire fleet of F-22s was grounded due to oxygen system concerns and a new video surfaced online, purportedly showing a rare test flight by a prototype J-20. The report noted the Chinese planes would not have the range to make unsupported strikes against the continental U.S., but U.S. military bases and allies in the region are well within the potential target zone -- including air bases that have been home to the F-22 fighters.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; china; j20; stealthfighter
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A J-20 stealth fighter aircraft takes part in its second flight in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province, April 17, 2011. The J-20 is a fifth generation stealth, twin-engine fighter aircraft prototype developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force.
1 posted on 05/10/2011 7:13:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t care what the hardware is. US pilots will always be able to best any Chicom splash jockey.


2 posted on 05/10/2011 7:15:07 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (A "Moderate Muslim"? Nothing more than a Muslim Extremist who has run out of ammo.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This Chinese stealh aircraft is not an air superiority fighter like the F-22, it is a long range stealth tactical attack aircraft like the F-35.


3 posted on 05/10/2011 7:16:07 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t believe it, not for even a millisecond.


4 posted on 05/10/2011 7:16:22 AM PDT by Peter from Rutland
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

And the brilliant chinese got their technology from???????


5 posted on 05/10/2011 7:16:41 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

And hopefully they don’t get a hold of our stealth heli used in the bin Laden raid


6 posted on 05/10/2011 7:16:59 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: SeekAndFind

Why not? Raptor’s technology is 20 yo.


7 posted on 05/10/2011 7:17:04 AM PDT by cunning_fish
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To: Peter from Rutland

May as well believe it. Clinton started the flood of giving/selling and allowing the Chinese to steal anything they wanted and that has not abated over the years including the Bush years.


9 posted on 05/10/2011 7:19:15 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: SeekAndFind

And it seems like only yesterday the Clintons were selling them our technology for campaign donations.


10 posted on 05/10/2011 7:20:37 AM PDT by pallis
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To: Yo-Yo

Ah - so you’ve been reading debka.com again?


11 posted on 05/10/2011 7:22:49 AM PDT by fremont_steve
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To: Post5203

Don’t forget Gates, he said there would be no credible threat to the F-22 for a long time, when production was stopped. It appears he forgot to ask his buds the chicoms.


12 posted on 05/10/2011 7:25:00 AM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: SeekAndFind

How’s that “free trade” thing working out, America?

(it’s how China got the technology, and will have the money, to build a LOT of those...)

Wake up people.


13 posted on 05/10/2011 7:25:48 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network ("Saul Alinsky, meet Donald Trump...")
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To: SeekAndFind

Im not surprised, given the amount of chinese who are entering technical fields when they enter university as opposed to ours who are focused on gender studies and other garbage arts programs which benefit nobody. Or how our children wish to become a sports icon or the next american idol. It is obvious who will win out in the long run if things dont change.


14 posted on 05/10/2011 7:28:43 AM PDT by hannibaal
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To: SeekAndFind

Off topic but the Chinese will never will a tank battle to many chinks in their armour.


15 posted on 05/10/2011 7:32:57 AM PDT by MadMitch (nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: SeekAndFind

could’a, would’a, might’a, maybe’a.... =.=


16 posted on 05/10/2011 7:34:12 AM PDT by cranked
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There are planes and then there are pilots.

I would love to get a film of CHICOM'S first exercise of carrier take-offs and landings.

17 posted on 05/10/2011 7:34:17 AM PDT by AU72
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There are planes and then there are pilots

Very true, We are blessed with fantastic pilots............I miss those days.

18 posted on 05/10/2011 7:39:26 AM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s what Next generation aircraft do. They are built to be better than what exists. Why would anyone build a stealth fighter which was inferior to one already in production. That is why the next one we have in production will be better the the Chinese one.

It’s the name of the game.


19 posted on 05/10/2011 7:42:05 AM PDT by Venturer
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The report noted the Chinese planes would not have the range to make unsupported strikes against the continental U.S.,

Gee, ya think???

20 posted on 05/10/2011 7:42:42 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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