5th Generation Fighter Projects: An Update
The discovery of the power of flight has given a huge change of how wars are fought. The statement "If you rule the skies, You rule the war," has indeed proved true as past wars became the evidence of the importance of air dominance. Nowadays, even with peace in our hands, countries are still striving to make the best combat aircrafts ever built and the latest ones, the 5th Generation Fighter Aircrafts.
United States of America:
- F-22 Raptor
2. F-35 Lightning II
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Russia:
1. SUKHOI PAK FA
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China:
1. Chengdu J-20
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2. Shenyang J-31
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3. J-18
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Similarities in Design; Haven't you noticed?
Nations nowadays especially those considered as the superpowers, USA, Russia and maybe China have built their own 5th Generation Fighters to address the growing threats around them. Here's some representatives from those nations:
- USA -Lockheed/Boeing F-22 Raptor
- RUSSIA -Sukhoi PAK FA
- CHINA -Shenyang J-31 Gyrfalcon
Haven't you noticed? These 5th Generation Fighters have very close and similar designs. These three fighters have almost similar airframes, shapes of its ailerons, flaps, elevators, air intakes, and wings (except for the J-31 which has wings similar to an F-35C). Would you consider it as a sort of copying or maybe hacking to achieve the stealth technology or consider it as a result of TV documentaries featuring the F22 Raptor…