After years of exceptation, the military enthusiasts are excited by the F-20′s first trial. But compared with the F-22, we have some questions with it’s size and some others.
The first one, whether it’s four generations or five generations?
Here, the defined as four or five generation have such a significant meaning for all over the world. Because there are so many people concerned on China’s military equipment. The four or five generation means the two different technology in the combat aircraft making.
From the aircraft engineering and operational effectiveness, we classfy it as four generations is more scientific than others.
The second one, the meaning of four generation.
For the countries out of U.S., its meaning is quite significant.
At first it broke the military monopoly of U.S. in this fields, that’s a truth. But when we judge it from another sides, it just is a common aircraft, an advanced plane for air force, we have to admit it’s function, but have not to enhance it’s significance.
In fact, such a aircraft like F-20, it just is one important weapons and takes an important place when in battle, but one signle advanced weapon does not directly equal to the combat effectiveness of the promotion.
The third one, the size of the aircraft.
Most people who have seen the F-20, they said its size looks more large than F-22. It’s true.
The larger the size is, the greater weigth it is. Then it’s fuel load, its payload, and its inner space will be more large than others, so it can be loaded with more advanced and large airborne electronic equipment. From the operational capability, the larger aircraft takes advantages, especially the four generations.
However, from the cost point, a big plane, it’s bound to cost more fuel. Similarly, from the technical difficulty of the development and production, it may require more high-tech skill than others. It can be said, on the size of aircraft, not matter it’s large or small, they have their each advantages.
Regards to the luxury watch shop.
The United States, “Aviation Week” website November 24, 2009 published entitled “China’s commitment to a new type of advanced fighters,” the article, signed from the Washington, DC David A. Fulghum and from London, England Douglas Barrie. Articles pointed out, U.S. intelligence officials believe that China has received most of the U.S. stealth fighters how to build the necessary data, but the lack of integration of China’s aviation industry may be the key to a four-generation machine skills; The article also mentioned that the younger generation of Chinese aircraft performance, not necessarily comparable with the F-22, once mass production, the number of foreign experts, to be passed by “full consumption” tactics to suppress the U.S. military’s 187 F-22, eventually will be completely “consumed” the U.S. F -22 stealth fighter unit.
U.S. Global strategic networks on the 17th reported that the Chinese Air Force claimed that it will be within one year flight test performance, comparable to the U.S. military’s most advanced fighters of the new F-22 fighter planes, saying this new aircraft will be fitted out within a decade. In this regard, although the U.S. intelligence agencies believe China is still far unable to obtain this ability, but also that China may have obtained the construction of F-22 and F-35 fighter part of the performance of advanced technologies.
November 15, at the 11th Dubai International Airshow, a new generation of China’s own R & D L15 advanced trainer aircraft made an excellent flight performance, causing a strong reaction. This is the L15 following the 2008 Zhuhai air show to air show again in the form of public appearances, but also the first time in foreign countries L15 for flight performances, and became the only one of China’s aviation industry in-kind exhibition of aircraft.