The F-16 is called the FALCON

The F-18 the HORNET

And whilst the hornet can give you an insect sting , and the falcon can claw you with its talons,……. the Dragon (in theory, since they are cosmic forces) can ZAP you with thunder-bolts of a trillion-zillion volts !!!!!!!!!

Me think it’s something like this:

Falcon:
Winged Hunters or bird of prey

Hornet:
Also Winged hunters; but one’s that swarms in massive
numbers and will defend their world to the death with a vengeance against
anything/everything that stirs or disturbs their peace…

Can you picture the two?

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Flying tiger hidden dragon ?

O_o sounds familiar

I always thought that that title, and other titles like it, was lame in the English language.

I think edisonone got something mixed up. Chengdu guys only call FC-1 as “枭龙” (simplified Chinese) or “枭龍”(traditional Chinese) for internal use and for the Chinese press and so the **** “owlet dragon” or whatever is named by some unrelated western military info leakers or magazine editors who make a living by peeping what planes China is making. That ****ty term got no Chinese origin but westerners’ whim and Chengdu haven’t use this ****ty term in their brouchure or conferences aimed at selling the FC-1. And you call J-10 “fierce dragon”? Who tells you that or is just your whim? J-10 haven’t officially debuted yet and now it got a “XXX dragon” name? You saw some lame guys using this name in whatever forums and then you accuse Chengdu guys of using this name? What logic is that?

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Re: “枭龙” or “枭龍”:

Not so says Edison.

Souces from China.com suggests that, for
export purposes, the j-10 is being assigned the name “Fierce Dragon”…
a popular term in Chinese theology, i.e…

“If not a Fierce Dragon that it wouldn’t have crossed the river divide.”

Now, I agree that the term dragon is a far Far Eastern term which carries
with it huge repercussions when used, assigned, or applied to an item or to a person. But, this is
the 21st century. This is an age where SZ-Spaceships circles the globe and taikonautes bid
hello to the world from above. This is not an age of Kings and Emperors anymore!!!

I mean imagine or supposing the Chinese public continues to assign the title
“Dragon” to its head of state, i.e., Hu Jintoa and/or Jiang ZiMin, as was the practice of the past when
refering to the Kings and Emperors… I mean wouldn’t it sound funny now days?

Or imagine Mr. Mubarak being called the Pharo
of Egypt instead of being known as the President of Egypt?
Would it too sound silly in this day and age???

China and the Chinese public must get off of a this “high Dragon trip”
and start to blend in with the times; become a part of the present rather than to dwell on its
glorious past like an ostrich with its head in the sand.

This is the 21st century — not 400 BC!!!!

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Edisonone, stop making a new thread if you just post 1 pic got from who knows where. Add this pic to the already large thread of J-10 is totally sufficient.

Sorry, I am not one who’ll engage in hopscotch with groups I feel
could be insincere. I am an independent. I don’t believe in partisian politics.
I do however believe I have the rights to such freedom of choice. No???

Re: from who knows where:

Aim at picture; then click left side of your
moused; then click property; it’ll show you the source of the pic.
“I didn’t make the picture up that’s for sure.”

Hope that helps!

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How naive.

Talkin’ about bias against western technology:

There does seem to be a lack of interest in things western.
But, please don’t blaim it on the Russians or on the Chinese. Blaim it on yourselves
because you guys are not contributing zilch to the subject(s).

So! Don’t cry wolf the next time around!!!