Nothing comes close, except illegally stolen documents and plans via espionage improperly altered and faultily assembled so that it falls apart in midair :)

Except you can't take and hold territory with planes. And Chinese tanks are tin cans.

Why do the Canadians need such fancy planes?[/troll]

linoth said:
Nothing comes close, except illegally stolen documents and plans via espionage improperly altered and faultily assembled so that it falls apart in midair :)

CodeKyuubi said:
Except you can't take and hold territory with planes. And Chinese tanks are tin cans.

Keep underestimating them, dudes... keep underestimating 'em...

Wikipedia is not impressed.

Cute.

Show me it's massively advacned radar, the millions of lines of code that make it and other sensors work, the insanely high performance engines, the massively refined aerodynamics that make it super maneuverable, the outlandishly complex composite materials that really matter in this sort of stealth, and the combat proven weapons systems it carries such as AMRAAM and we'll talk.

If making a stealth fighter was a simple as painting it black and making it pointy everyone would have them.

Kronnang_Dunn said:
Keep underestimating them, dudes... keep underestimating 'em...

I've seen their tanks in their anniversary parade. About as big as our Strykers.

Kronnang_Dunn said:
Keep underestimating them, dudes... keep underestimating 'em...

Oh believe me, I don't underestimate them. I wouldn't be remotely surprised to find out the poison incidents weren't accidental at all. However, Chinese spies were found to have been working for Boeing and other defense contractors, and did successfully send plenty of documents back home. China's definitely eying the "top world power" spot, and the USA needs to watch them a lot closer.

That fighter is nothing but a modified F-22. While they got the plans, the main question is did they get the technical understanding for them? If you want an answer for that, search for Brilliance BS6 on YouTube. It's a Chinese car that was crash tested.

They got the plans, but did they build it right?

The problem is that they'll actually build as many of these as they need, whereas the US isn't even building enough to replace the F-15. Then again, the stealth drones will be done before they have enough to matter. Parity is maintained.

Man, I wish World War 3 or something would come soon so we can actually see all of those fancy weapons in action. That should end the endless debates about which weapon is better than which.

Ah, politics, technology as a sledgehammer for nation against another nation, while poor ppl suffer. Indeed it proves we are so called 'human'.

Robert3186 said:
Show me it's massively advacned radar, the millions of lines of code that make it and other sensors work, the insanely high performance engines, the massively refined aerodynamics that make it super maneuverable, the outlandishly complex composite materials that really matter in this sort of stealth, and the combat proven weapons systems it carries such as AMRAAM and we'll talk.

If making a stealth fighter was a simple as painting it black and making it pointy everyone would have them.

All that is... simply put... technology. And all technology is eventually available to ANYBODY with the money to afford it... one way... or the other.

The F-22s reign was a short one, I'm afraid...

And what about the PAK FA (Т-50)? Russia requires attention! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_PAK_FA <That thing.

I don't know what you would say, but those lousy rudders would fuck the plane up when it reaches mach speed at high altitudes. Then, the F22 would have the advantage. This plane is a failure of a supersonic fighter.

...is the PLAAF even progressive enough to have female pilots?

darunk said:

I don't know what you would say, but those lousy rudders would fuck the plane up when it reaches mach speed at high altitudes. Then, the F22 would have the advantage. This plane is a failure of a supersonic fighter.

You mean the canards?