BIG: Chinaβs next-generation (6th-gen) fighter jet made its first flight today. pic.twitter.com/ZryCr2baGA
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Westoid cope is hilarious
The middle kingdom shall reign supreme again. What a country, tech restricted and constantly told they're primitive and western tech is superhuman and they come out with something even west won't have for 10 years at least. Greatest underdog story ever told.
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Based on what? China can't even produce a competitive jet engine
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Doesn't seem bad
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China's only homegrown commercial airliner still uses western engines
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Give it a few years. The duopoly is tough to break in aviation cause of economies of scale and legacy they have built up but if any country can it's going to be the Chinese.
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I'm sure they'll get there eventually but nothing about their aero industry suggests any of it is years ahead of the west
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Innovation in military aviation isn't necessarily related to civilian industry, MiG 21 was when it was introduced probably the best fighter though aviation industry in America and Europe was obviously much stronger. All it requires is a few cracked geniuses and some tens of billions in R&D spend. Look at that plane, their first stealth fighter was a knockoff F35 but that's entirely their own design. And launched within 10 years of J20s maiden flight. That's insane speed. Its specs will probably be kept outside public domain but if they start setting up production lines for this I'd guess its good enough.
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