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To: EnjoyingLife
Everyone is assuming that the Chinese have squadrons of these ready to fly into combat. They have a technology demonstrator/proof-of-concept. Nothing more. Consider this:

1) It has yet to fly

2) It will break when it does. All Aircraft do in development.

3) They have NO experience operating stealth aircraft, let alone operating them in combat. The learning curve is steep. VERY steep. Even we can't keep our stealth planes at 80% combat readiness, and we've been doing this since the 80's.

4) All they have is a prototype. And a future hangar queen. They have none of the logistical support systems in place to turn this into an effective combat aircraft. We already have countermeasures in place. Stealth aircraft are not invisible to LADAR. Everyone needs to unclench.

11 posted on 01/01/2011 9:44:51 AM PST by Tonytitan
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To: Tonytitan

You ignore one fact. The Chinese try and keep on trying. The West has scaled back almost EVERY major defence programme since the Cold War. The F-22, Eurofighter, Seawolf class, Zumwalt class DDG (from 30 ships to 3) and several more. Even the F-35 is not safe.


15 posted on 01/01/2011 10:14:51 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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