Comments by "AugmentedGravity" (@AugmentedGravity) on "Not What You Think"
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The thing with the J-20 is yes, it is a much more "recent" development, but it still lags behind its main competitors (The US and their 5th gen industry) by many years in many categories. Its also true that one of the J-20's strengths is in its numbers, but that only applies to it vs the F-22 (and Su-57 if you want to count that in as well). The F-35's production numbers by now far exede what the J-20 has to show for itself.
The only thing the J-20 is a real threat to is against force multipliers with huge RCS's and slow, un-manoeuvrable airframes. I.E. AWACS platforms like the E-3, tankers like the KC-135, MPA's like the P-8. and transports like the C-17. This isn't even down to the J-20 itself for the most part, but due to the new missiles China is fielding, with supposed super long ranges and very high top speeds. Yes it helps that the J-20 is somewhat LO, meaning it can approach to a closer launch range in the first place while retaining first shot capability, but even then there are so many factors at play that i don't see it as a particular super threat or something of the like. A bit like how over hyped hypersonic missiles are/were.
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