Japan had 0 oil well during WW2. China has loads of oil wells. During war China has loads of strategic oil that is not imported from abroad. China and Japan are very different scenarios.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_China

What is so special about the HQ-9 and HT-233 that you ascribe such anti-stealth capabilities to it? What features does it have that are not present in the S-300 system on which it is based, that would justify your claim?

F-22 is not stealth. Stealth is physically impossible. HT-233 can detect and track F-22 from over 100 km away. Having an empty weight of 43,340 pounds of metal, not including fuel and pilot and stores, F-22 cannot physically be stealth. It’s all about physics, and you can’t run or hide from physics.

China may not have 10,000 HQ-9, but I bet it has thousands of HQ-9. Heck, even Syria has 72 Bastion-P. F-22 and B-2 require airfields, which can be overrun by enemy ground forces or be destroyed by enemy cruise missiles. F-22 and B-2 cannot anymore power compared to HQ-9.

China can build 10,000 HQ-9 long range air defense missiles. Coupled with HT-233 phased array air defense radars, these missiles can kill F-22 fighter jets and B-2 bomber jets. Now that’s force multiplier. :eagerness: It’s like Syria has 72 Bastion-P anti ship missiles which can kill the 5 American destroyers in Syrian waters.

China builds 20 million automobiles a year, and this is not even close to China’s automotive industrial capacity. You think China can’t build 10,000 fighter jets a year? I’m not saying China can for sure. But it does make you think. :eagerness: 2,000 automobiles for 1 fighter jet. If I’m to bet money on it, I would say it’s absolutely possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_motor_vehicle_production

China has thousands of factories, and virtually unlimited natural resources.

No they can’t this isn’t WWII where you’d just slap an aircraft together and fly her straight the front door of the factory.
Modern aircraft are far to complex and delicate for that sort of churn’um out idea.

Modern aircraft is may be more complex than WW2 aircraft (that’s arguable), but modern production tools and methods should cancel out any increase in complexity. The US built over 30,000 fighters and bombers over 4 years during WW2, with a population of about 120 million. Germany built about 1,500 Me 262 fighter jets over a year under a nearly crippled condition with a population of about 60 million. China can easily build over 5,000 J-10B, J-20, J-31 per year IMO.

I’ve heard the latter (J-11B) are to get an AESA Radar. So, if that happens I “assume” so will the J-15. Just wish we had more details……….

China’s first Moon rover to be launched on December 1, 2013 has an X band AESA ground penetrating radar, so I “assume” J-11B and J-15 both have X band AESA or will be getting X band AESA very soon.

First production J-15, with PLA navy flag painted on it.

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J-31 may well be a better air dominance fighter than J-20, but J-20 will for sure have much superior range.

IMO J-20 is built for aerial maneuverability due to large squarey frontal foreplanes. J-31 IMO is built more of a strike platform. BTW China launches its first Moon rover on December 1, 2013. Here’s a couple of pics of Sharp Sword.

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