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Re:The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade,... by greedo on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @12:25PM (#31085335)
Chinese FC-31 is close to the F-35 (in design and theory, but who knows about actual performance), but it's not in production yet.
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Re:The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade,... by yobbo on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @12:47PM (#31085595)
Looking at pictures, it has two visible round jet nozzles which suggests it has much higher radar cross-section and IR-signature than F-35.
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Re:The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade,... by greedo on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @12:58PM (#31085738)
It's extremely difficult to evaluate RCS by looking visually at an aircraft. Who would have thought that the F-117 would be stealthy? And the reason the F-35 only has one engine is because it has a much higher thrust than the RD-93 on the FC31. This increase in thrust "might" increase its IR signature, and neither has any IR shielding like on the F-22.
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