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A "tiny number", compared to what? The Su-57 & Su-35's international sales figures? :lol:

UK: 138 F-35B Australia: 100 F-35A Turkey: 100 F-35A Italy: 60 F-35A & 30 F-35B Norway: 52 F-35A Israel: 50 F-35I Japan: 42 F-35A ROK: 40 F-35A Netherlands: 37 F-35A Denmark: 27 F-35A 673 international orders, not counting future options and potential buyers such as Canada. The Su-57/35, on...

Please explain which part of the J-20 isn't of a "fifth generation fighter". Gambit is right; bicameral politics prevents one side from unilaterally passing legislation, not to mention that a sizeable portion of the House is still occupied by Republicans. Each country has their own...

I think the forum should ban anyone who further mentions that the PAF should buy the J-16. Good idea, mods?

The date seems to be September 21, 2010?

The thorn in the side of the Russian defense industry isn't so much the lack of talent or infrastructure as it is the lack of funds. Regardless of your engineer pool or the equipment in place to develop these weapons platforms, development grinds to a halt if the MoD cannot supply enough contracts.

Where did you hear of the rumors that 6th generation is already under planning since 2012?

You seem to believe that you can define reality just by saying so. It's developed for large targets but can engage smaller & more agile ones. Its AESA radar seeker and IR sensors are indicators of this capability. Cost and dimensional/mass limitations will narrow its role within the PLAAF, but...

Any missile that has its own radar seeker can engage fighter aircraft and are certainly not "useless". The PL-X in question also has an IR seeker for higher kill probability. Keep in mind that the Meteor is also an active radar guided missile, but unlike the PL-XX, does not have an additional...

The PL-XX has a rumored range of anywhere between 300 to 500 km, definitely comparable to whatever LRAAM that the Russians have offered.

Please provide a technical reason as to why a radar-guided long-range missile "cannot kill fighter aircraft". Also please provide a technical reason why you think the Russian one is "better" than the PL-XX (which I doubt you even know what it is).

Let's re-phrase that sentence: YOU have believed that Rafale is superior to anything China has. PL-21 ramjet-powered missile has been tested since 2013. The PL-XX ultra-long-range AAM (using a ballistic flight trajectory) has also been spotted on service aircraft in 2016. Newsflash: the...

HMD: PL-10E HOBS missile: Both are compatible with the J-10B (although the HMD/S might not be exactly the same as the one posted in the top photo). J-10C also carries the new PL-15 MRAAM (>200 km range) in addition to the PL-10E.

TVC is only one factor of many, and the J-10B airframe that has the TVC engine is only a prototype/demonstrator. The Rafale is actually quite a good match & counterpart to the J-10C with AESA radar. Both the J-10C and Rafale may have certain advantages over one another, but overall the two...

In particular, the planned "Super" Su-30MKI with AESA radar from Russia. ;)

I once heard that if you believe something deeply enough, it becomes true. Highlighted the keyword. ;)

Do you have a link to the full paper? There is no way you've extracted all that from a four-line abstract.

From a historical standpoint, collective punishment and extremely heavy-handed scrutiny and incarceration of a region or religious group has never worked to the favor of regional stability or ideological eradication. What you end up seeing is the terrorist movement using these policies to...

Regarding your last point, I think the paper simply meant to say that such systems would be more effective in an EW-heavy environment or in a setting that produces lots of radar clutter. I don't think the abstract specifically mentioned that longer ranges and higher resolutions could be achieved...

What's the point of having a quantum radar? AESA radars are quite difficult to jam in the first place.