Re: New Generation Fighter
Could it be that the Chinese are facing with quite a lot of technical challenges that they might not be able to successfully solve at present moment or near future that they fall back on the more proven design such as J-10 and instead of coming out with something totally new, they are looking at evolution of the basic J-10, improve it and give it more teeth. This is more or less a stop-gap tactics till the real stealth fighter came along.
Also it will provide the aviation industry with more experience and skills in doing evolution of old design until they are confident enough to embark on the more ambitious stealth design.
Could it be that the Chinese are facing with quite a lot of technical challenges that they might not be able to successfully solve at present moment or near future that they fall back on the more proven design such as J-10 and instead of coming out with something totally new, they are looking at evolution of the basic J-10, improve it and give it more teeth. This is more or less a stop-gap tactics till the real stealth fighter came along.
Also it will provide the aviation industry with more experience and skills in doing evolution of old design until they are confident enough to embark on the more ambitious stealth design.