6th Generation Fighter's Ranked
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royalharris
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At present, the only sixth-generation fighter programs worldwide that have truly materialized—with prototype flight tests and entry into live-aircraft validation—are those of China and the United States.
Europe’s FCAS and GCAP remain at the blueprint and model stage, while Russia is still bogged down in the production quagmire of fifth-generation fighters and has long since fallen completely out of the first tier.
Europe’s FCAS and GCAP remain at the blueprint and model stage, while Russia is still bogged down in the production quagmire of fifth-generation fighters and has long since fallen completely out of the first tier.
SolarWarden
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It's probably fake unfortunately there's no heat plume or heat visible what looks like some IR video?
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royalharris
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There’s no way it’s a sixth-generation fighter. How could a sixth-gen fighter possibly have canards?
According to the narrative from Europe, the U.S., and their bootlickers, canards are a backward feature of fourth-generation fighters. America’s fifth-generation jets, the F-22 and F-35, don’t have canards. The J-20 has canards, so it supposedly isn’t as advanced as American fifth-generation fighters.
So why are they suddenly turning around and copying China, going backward?
According to the narrative from Europe, the U.S., and their bootlickers, canards are a backward feature of fourth-generation fighters. America’s fifth-generation jets, the F-22 and F-35, don’t have canards. The J-20 has canards, so it supposedly isn’t as advanced as American fifth-generation fighters.
So why are they suddenly turning around and copying China, going backward?
royalharris
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The J-36 and J-50 are era-defining products.
Originally, the world’s major powers were competing below 20,000 meters, and stealth fighters were designed to be stealthy only from the front, rear, sides, and below. Then China ignored the usual playbook and came up with a “three-high” concept: 30,000-meter altitude, Mach 3 cruising speed, a 3,000-kilometer combat radius, and even three engines.
Fifth-generation fighters only considered stealth from the front, rear, sides, and below. From above, their stealth is not only poor, but their infrared signature is also bad. Leaving everything else aside, even the pilot cockpit has to account for radar reflections from directly overhead. Once the pilot wears a helmet, it can immediately reflect as a target roughly the size of a basketball.
A sixth-generation fighter against a fifth-generation fighter is completely like a higher-dimensional slaughter, let alone against fourth-generation fighters.
Originally, the world’s major powers were competing below 20,000 meters, and stealth fighters were designed to be stealthy only from the front, rear, sides, and below. Then China ignored the usual playbook and came up with a “three-high” concept: 30,000-meter altitude, Mach 3 cruising speed, a 3,000-kilometer combat radius, and even three engines.
Fifth-generation fighters only considered stealth from the front, rear, sides, and below. From above, their stealth is not only poor, but their infrared signature is also bad. Leaving everything else aside, even the pilot cockpit has to account for radar reflections from directly overhead. Once the pilot wears a helmet, it can immediately reflect as a target roughly the size of a basketball.
A sixth-generation fighter against a fifth-generation fighter is completely like a higher-dimensional slaughter, let alone against fourth-generation fighters.
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