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World News See other World News Articles Title: China’s J-36 Six Generation Fighter Jet – the Crown Jewel of Future Air Combats Last December China flew two new 6th generation fighter prototypes for the first time – the Chengdu J-36 and the Shenyang J-50. Earlier this year, Trump announced the US has awarded Boeing to build its own 6th gen fighter called F-47. The competition to build and field the most advanced next generation stealth fighter is on. Since December, the J-36 has been filmed in dozens of test flights near its manufacturer in Chengdu, including a full frontal shot that was released last week. As we know more and more about the fighter jet, it is interesting to look at the design features, the tech, and the role the new jet will play in future ariel combats. As with every air force, the capabilities of its leading fighter jet will illustrate and define its vision how air combat will be carried out and won. First, the J-36 is not the first stealth fighter jets China has fielded in its arsenal. J-20 and J-35 are 5th gen stealth fighters and have been deployed in the PLA Air Force for some time. J-36, together with J-50, are the world’s first all-angle stealth fighters without vertical stabilizers. J-36 features a design that throws out decades of fighter-jet convention. It uses a tailless flying-wing configuration with sharply cranked double-delta wings, forming a shape rarely seen in manned fighters. It’s a fully-embraced design pivot intended to reduce radar signature from every angle, not just the front. No vertical stabilizing structures mean no obvious radar return on the rear or sides, something the now-discontinued US F-22 and its latest stealth fighter F-35 cannot fully eliminate. These features contribute to making the J-36 a ghost in the skies as far as detection systems are concerned. While the US B2 and B21 bombers do embrace the tailless stealth concept, both are subsonic bombers that are not designed for speed, manoeuvrability and ariel combat. The bomber tailless designs, while improving stealth, are considered too unstable to fly for the more demanding fighter jets. Advancement in modern flight computers has changed the game. The J-36 uses advanced fly-by-wire controls and AI-assisted systems to stay airborne without traditional stabilizers. Its triple-split elevons (control surfaces) and twin-split brake rudders help handle pitch, yaw, and roll, compensating for the lack of vertical structures. As for the jet intakes, it boasts two side-mounted caret- style inlets and one dorsal supersonic inlet, all positioned to feed three engines. That’s not a typo. J-30 has three engines in the back, something no other current fighter boasts (e.g. J-20, J-35, and F-22 are twin-engine jet and F-35 is single engine). The three engines use low-observable exhausts to reduce the J-36’s infrared signature. The trijet layout gives the J-36 high-altitude endurance and supercruise (the ability to exceed the speed of sound without afterburners). J-36 is expected to have a top speed over Mach 2.5 (equals to 3,000 km/h, or 0.86 km per second). In comparison, the fastest bullet in the world travels at Mach 4.1, Boeing 777 cruises at Mach 0.84, and DF-21D missile at Mach 10. The tri-engine powerplant will also provide for the high energy demand for modern fighters, especially for high-power radars, electronic warfare (EW), directed energy weapons (DEW), and on-board AI supercomputer – all of which will consume vast quantities of energy. The three-engine design clearly hints at another big priority – range. Early estimates peg the J-36’s combat reach at up to 3,000 km, far more than the US F-47 NGAD fighter’s designed combat range of 1,000 nautical miles (1,852 km). In addition, the tri-engine design allows the J-36 to carry more internally without compromising performance. J-36 has a maximum takeoff weight around 55 tons which makes it the heaviest fighter jet ever to enter service anywhere in the world. The weight is distributed wisely. Between its wide wings and deep belly, the J-36 has room for massive internal weapons storage. It can carry long-range PL-17 missiles (the world’s longest, 400 km beyond-visual- range air-to-air missile), YJ-12 anti-ship missiles (Mach 4 speed, 500 km range), and possibly land-attack munitions, all without hanging anything on the wings. It is also likely designed to carry the hypersonic air-to-air missile with 1,000 km range that is being developed in China. A Watershed Hypersonic Technology Breakthrough: China’s New Hypersonic Air-to-air Missile Hua Bin · Jan 25 There is an arms race going on among the major powers to develop hypersonic missile technology (missiles flying above Mach 5 speed – 6,400 kilometres per hour). Read full story Even the dual-wheel landing gear (two wheels each on all three struts) reinforces how much mass the airframe supports. One of the most critical design philosophy for the J-36 is its role as an ariel command center, rather than a mere air combat fighter. The J-36 isn’t built just to dogfight. If anything, it’s designed to avoid close- range combat entirely. Its real role is that of an undetectable long-range command-and-control hub; the kind of aircraft that can see far, shoot far, and direct unmanned assets deep behind enemy lines. It’s the physical expression of system-of-systems warfare: a manned centerpiece surrounded by drone swarms and supported by satellites, radar, and electronic warfare units. Its advanced sensor array includes side-scanning Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar and electro-optical sensors. Along with its large internal volume, this makes the J-36 perfect for the modern networked battlefield. It can link with “loyal wingmen” drones and coordinate air-to-ground strikes; think less dogfighter and more aerial destroyer. It is comparable to a naval command ship. Unlike most modern fighter jets with one single pilot, J-36 features two pilots in a side-by-side seating arrangement where one pilot will fly the jet and the other will focus on commanding the “loyal wingmen” drone and the weapon systems. With its stealth capabilities, range, and payload, the J-36 can hit far- off targets and manage engagements from well behind the front lines. Its real strength may not be what it can take out, but what it can coordinate. That makes the J-36 not just a new plane, but a preview of how wars will be fought in the future. 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China is winning because the USA is breeding and importing more low IQ blacks and hispanics, thereby lowering the average IQ in the USA.
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