And I'm simply saying how unrealistic it is to even hint that China somehow got its hands on F-35's EOTS and in short order came out of a similar system after the first J-20 and had them on following prototypes. Does it make sense?
As for the resemblance of it to the F-35 unit, I don't know what kind of resemblance you're talking about. In any case, what matters are how effectively the components and the system work, not how they look like.
Appearances can be very important, particularly if you lack a capability?? right?? and its no secret that cyber-hackers did in fact breach the F-35 protocols??? so, Mr. Forbins question is a very fair question.
So no, its certainly not unrealistic to ask the question, and its a question that somebody some where knows the answer to. I do suspect that our "friends" may be "borrowing" tech from their "cyber mining" operations?
I would also note that posters here are very concerned when early aircraft came out with an obviously non functional EOTS as a placeholder on the forward fuselage, and they were much happier when an apparently functional EOTS was later installed on the aircraft, and that EOTS housing and lenses appear a great deal like the outer housing and lenses on the F-35.
Have I drawn any firm conclusions?? NO, but I do have concerns, and the fact that Mr. Forbin asked that question with-out prompting allows us to acknowledge that others have similar suspicions, in fact there have been "high level" discussions between the US and China about these very issues??? YES??
