Everyone has misunderstood, the J-36 is not an upgraded version of the J-20. The U.S. media is envious, this is called technical reverence.

The U.S. magazine "NSJ" published an article on September 13th commenting on China's sixth-generation fighter, the J-36, emphasizing the aircraft's "diamond wing design," "three-engine propulsion," "supersonic capability," and its positioning as an "invisible strike platform." The U.S. media's words clearly show envy and disappointment, which indicates that they were caught off guard by the rapid diversification and technological leap of China's military industry system.

Over the past few years, Western media have been accustomed to classifying China's stealth fighters as either "knockoff F-22" or "low-end B-2." When the J-20 was first unveiled, foreign media wrote articles overnight questioning its engine and radar.

But this time, there was almost no skepticism about the introduction of the J-36, instead, there was an overwhelming amount of detailed description — how the three engines are arranged, whether the back air intake is a non-diverting design, and how many control surfaces there are, even braking can be done through the ailerons.

This is not the tone of skepticism, but rather a typical expression of envy.

The U.S. media believes that the key point is that the J-36 is not an improved or replacement model of the J-20, but rather exists between the J-20 and the H-20, indicating that the West finally realized that China does not rely on a single model to dominate the battlefield, but is building an entire air strike system.

What truly made the U.S. media jealous was the clarity of this development strategy and the efficiency of its execution.

In the United States, the F-35 took two rounds of defense reforms and countless budget disputes from development to deployment.

Meanwhile, in China, the J-20 had just entered service, and the H-20 strategic stealth bomber had barely shown its shadow, and the J-36 had already taken to the skies.

From a temporal perspective, this is an explosion of the system capabilities of military equipment support and project promotion; from a logical perspective, it is an embodiment of the concept of system warfare forcing the layout of platforms — in other words, the Chinese Air Force is not simply about having a good aircraft, but is forming an organized stealth strike squadron.

Original text: www.toutiao.com/article/1843131345395737/

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