People's Liberation Army Air Force : News & Discussions
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Clearest pic yet of the Shenyang J-XDS
When I was having a chat with a Chinese a while back to all the way a few months ago, I was repeatedly warned not to take the LY80, HQ9B, HQ9P, KJ missiles as well as the new radars that had been supplied to the PAF lightly. I never did. However, a Russian and Americans said that their capabilities are vastly overstated. Treat them as you a normal AD and take the brochure values with a pinch of salt as they felt that the chinese fudge their numbers. It was stated that these were top of their class S-300/S-400 adjacent systems that had been supplied to keep IAF in check. However, the recent conflict has proved otherwise. The data about the Crystal Maze 2 and Brahmos ALCM is now out in the open. Yes, chinese tech is good. However, it is not as advanced as what you just quoted. Take them at face value and neither underestimate nor overestimate the figures for this plane as well. Till now we do not even have its specs nor has it been to an air show. Let's wait and see shall we. Of course, we should make our preparations as well.
First image of China's H-20 stealth bomber.
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Massive Chinese Stealth Flying Wing Emerges At Secretive Base
It's possible we are seeing a very large high-flying stealth drone or China's long awaited H-20 stealth bomber.
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Given how wide it's wings are spread, I think it's more of a gaint HALE multipurpose drone.First image of China's H-20 stealth bomber.
Massive Chinese Stealth Flying Wing Emerges At Secretive Base
It's possible we are seeing a very large high-flying stealth drone or China's long awaited H-20 stealth bomber.
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Though can be a bomber too.
Possible, just that the fuselage is really big.
And I've been wondering how it will exit into the runway.
As both b2 bomber and this has almost same width/ wingspan.
Here's a comparison.
Chinese one is most likely a gaint HALE multipurpose drone, similar to US RQ-180 but still bigger than it.
It most likely can also be used as an platform to create stealthy AWACS, ISTAR, SIGNIT&COMJAM, relay node etc systems/force multiplyers.
China will most likely also use it to locate and guide it's missiles to target US carrier groups, given its potential high altitude performance and it being a stealth flying wing, it will be much harder to shoot down than actual satellites in space which have predictable orbit.
Sure, it can be a drone too.
We can't use the B-2 as a template for another equivalent bomber though. If this drone with a large wingspan exists, the Chinese bomber could follow this template too. I just feel it's too big to be a drone, but anything goes.
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China’s J-20 stealth fighter’s radar leap credited to semiconductor scientist Xu Xiangang
Shandong University says breakthroughs led by Professor Xu Xiangang have helped the Mighty Dragon triple its radar detection range.
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China’s J-20 stealth fighter’s radar leap credited to semiconductor scientist Xu Xiangang
Shandong University says breakthroughs led by Professor Xu Xiangang have helped the Mighty Dragon triple its radar detection range.
Maybe! But still gives us a great insight into their scientific research and achievements. With GaN on SiC, tripling radar range isn't out of realms. We can expect same stuff for our GaN on SiC radars like Virupaksha too.
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China’s J-20 stealth fighter’s radar leap credited to semiconductor scientist Xu Xiangang
Shandong University says breakthroughs led by Professor Xu Xiangang have helped the Mighty Dragon triple its radar detection range.
Nice. It means their GaN tech was sh!t before this upgrade.
But it also means the J-20 has been using GaN radars for quite some time.
Anyway, I think the tripling of range is a translation error. It could mean tripled power density.
To give better idea of the size of the new gaint chinese flyingwing drone.
AVIC and the rest have come far. The rest of their development cycles seem to be on track as well.