The mainland quickly developed a fifth-generation fighter, the shock of the J-20 has not passed, and the J-35 has developed a variety of models, and the American media exclaimed: Aren't China's two fifth-generation fighters ready to match high and low, why is the J-35 a heavy carrier-based aircraft?
China has too many miracles that have surprised the West, and the development of a fifth-generation fighter is one of them. After the successful development of the F22 in the United States, the United States believed that it would be difficult for other countries to catch up with the level of the United States, and even in the world, only the United States had advanced stealth fifth-generation fighters for several years, but when the J-20 was born, the United States was disillusioned.
China has created an advanced stealth J-20 fighter, formed a core combat force, and become the world's advanced air force with fifth-generation fighters, and recently the news about the J-35 began to test the flight, and the West simply can't sit still, after all, the United States' two fifth-generation fighters are barely increasing mass production, and China is catching up behind and has developed two fifth-generation fighters, and this high-speed development momentum makes the West feel unbelievable.
The fifth-generation fighters of the United States are also a case of highland matching, and the F22 fighter is a heavy stealth fighter with a total take-off of 38 tons, a capacity of 9 tons of ammunition, and a maximum cruising range of 3,000 kilometers. The F35 is known internationally as the simplified version of the F22, in many aspects of combat performance, are inferior to the F22 fighter, but with advanced fifth-generation stealth capabilities, also has a certain combat effectiveness, compared with fighters from other countries, it is still a relatively leading comprehensive strength of the powerful model.
With a total weight of 31 tons, the F35 is capable of carrying 7 tons of ammunition and a range of 2,200 kilometers, which is almost half the cost of a single aircraft compared to the F22, with a fighter costing around $80 million, while a fighter of the F22 costs up to $150 million.
In the eyes of the United States, the two fighters developed and built by themselves, with advanced stealth capabilities, can achieve the high and low matching of combat power, and it is also the high and low matching of cost, so it will produce a large number of F35 fighters, and after upgrading the vertical take-off and landing system of this model, there are plans to produce up to 1700 fighters with a total of 1,700 aircraft, and want to replace the old American models and replace them with a new F35 series.
The two fifth-generation fighters built by the United States, from the appearance comparison, the F22 is more generous, in comparison, the F35 is smaller and the contrast is very obvious. In terms of the installation of aviation development equipment, the F22 is equipped with two engines to ensure safety and provide more powerful power support. The F35 is only installed with an aviation development equipment, and the overall configuration is also a reduced version of the F22 simplified version.
After the successful development of the mainland's Jian-20 fighter, the Western media were still touting how advanced the US fighter was, believing that China's fifth-generation fighter could not be compared with similar US fighters. The United States also has this self-confidence, believing that with the combination of high and low, it can realize the advanced combat power of fifth-generation fighters and continue to be invincible in the world.
However, as the performance and characteristics of the J-20 were gradually understood by the outside world, the United States also began to be worried, and the J-20 fighter was also installed with a twin-engine aviation power plant to provide strong power support and endurance.
The parameters of the J-20 are very majestic, such as the total weight of 37 tons, the bomb carrying capacity of 11 tons, and the maximum cruising range of 5500 kilometers, not only in terms of performance comparison and speed comparison, can be comparable to the strongest fifth-generation fighter F22 in the United States, but also in terms of unit price, it has a cost advantage, the construction cost of J-20 is about 700 million yuan, and the United States F22 Converted into RMB, as high as nearly 1 billion yuan, such a disparity in construction costs is not that American fighters have more obvious power, but that the United States' research and development expenses are too high, and all aspects of the construction cost are too high.
In the end, the reason why the F22 did not increase production after producing 187 units was because the United States could not afford such a high construction cost.
Initially, Western media believed that the Chinese J-20 could at most compare with the F35 model, at least it could not catch up with the advanced combat power of the F22. However, when the comprehensive advantages and rapid speed of the J-20 were demonstrated, the United States found that the J-20 may have a crushing tendency against the F35.
When the United States intensified its efforts to study the J-20, China's new fifth-generation fighter J-35 successfully began to fly again. This makes it difficult for the West to calm down, and the speed and strength of China's development of fifth-generation fighters are far beyond the imagination of the West.
The appearance of the J-35 is considered by the West to be highly close to the American F35, and even built against the F35. The total take-off weight of the J-35 is 35 tons, which is not much lighter than the J-20, and the ability to carry ammunition is also very strong, which can carry 8 tons of ammunition.
J-35 from the size and volume of the appearance, compared with the J-20, you can find that it looks less overall, and these differences in appearance do not affect the deployment of J-35 and carry to the future sea and air warships, but become its advantage in deck and hangar, more flexible scheduling.
Seeing the news of the successful flight test of the J-35, the United States was surprised, and really did not expect that this fighter turned out to be a heavy fighter, and China's air combat power is really very remarkable.