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Desde luego, habrá que ver que sensores lleva a bordo y su grado de fusión entre sensores mismos, presentación al piloto, etc. Sufrieron un Mundo para que el KLJ-3 obtenga prestaciones comparables al AN/APG-66 (alcance de detección es de 100-120 Km; enganche un poco por encima de los 80; tracking de cuatro blancos al mismo tiempo y enganche de solamente dos), cuesta creer que tengan algo análogo al AN/APG-77.China Close To Testing Next-Gen Fighter
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A Chinese fighter of nominally the same technology generation as the Lockheed Martin F-22 will soon enter flight testing, while a jet airlifter larger than the Airbus A400M should be unveiled by year-end.
Beijing’s fighter announcement suggests a serious failing in U.S. intelligence assessments, mocking a July 16 statement of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates that China would have no fifth-generation fighters by 2020. Industrial competition looks more remote than strategic competition, however, since China will want to fill domestic requirements before offering the aircraft abroad, even if it judges export sales to be a wise policy.
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Whether the upcoming fighter is really comparable with the F-22 remains to be seen. Low radar reflectivity would not be surprising, since aircraft and missiles with stealthy shapes are now popping up in many countries, including South Korea as recently as last month (AW&ST Oct. 26-Nov. 2, p. 42). But sensor performance, information fusion and maximum supercruise speed would also be assessed critically in measuring a claim to have caught up with technology levels that the U.S. did not deploy until 2005.
The existence of a Chinese fifth-generation fighter, usually tagged J-XX, has been rumored for years without official confirmation.
If the aircraft does go into service before 2020, then at that time China may well have jumped past Britain, France and other Western European countries in terms of deployed, domestically developed combat-aircraft technology.
De cualquier modo... muy interesante.
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