Congrats China – the rest of the world just got served.
Part of me feels like this bird must have been flying already months ago – such is the uncharacteristically cavalier way it’s been displayed to the world, but it doesn’t matter one way or another.
This is the ultimate expression of China’s modernisation – and the way it’s gone from paper nothing, to flight – with a minimum of nonsense and fuss, well – it’s a lesson to the rest of the world.
I believe there will be temporary setbacks going forward, but nothing can stop the march of Chinese industrial and technical might.
Undoubtedly certain folk here will poo-poo the ability of China to develop sensors and technology on a par with Western analogues – but, really they’re denying the inevitable march towards parity and.. beyond.
This is a rude awakening for every military program in the West, the delays, the corruption, the finger pointing towards one party or another, the political meandering to get X built in Y Country/State to satisfy voters in order that Z politician gets re-elected. In turn meaning the military goes without necessary equipment, costs skyrocket and when the damn thing is delivered, well, it’s been so delayed and forced so overbudget – it’s already outmoded and there’s no money left in the kitty to bring it up to date. So then mothball half the fleet and modernise the other half 20 years later.
I expect hundreds of stealth aircraft to be in the inventory of the Chinese Air Force by 2025. Minimum of fuss. It’ll just be done.
Congrats China.
Honestly, how do you know any of that? This is like the West assuming the Soviet tank process was one of pure cold logic and efficiency, when in reality it was full of the same issues and politics as the Western one. They made a plane, cool, what exactly do you of the process that go to this prototype?
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