New images emerged from one of China’s futuristic fighters, an aircraft driven by three-handed flying wings and wings that western analysts dubbed J-36.
It is unclear when the images of the video were filmed, but they appeared on Chinese social networks on Monday (7) and show the aircraft flying over a highway near the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group track, the factory in Sichuan province where the new jet was believed to have been manufactured.
Images from J-36 first appeared on Chinese social networks late last year, rapidly capturing the attention of aircraft enthusiasts and military analysts.
Jet is believed to be a sixth generation aircraft, incorporating the latest Stealth technology, avionics and engine engineering and fuselage.
Military aviation expert David Cenciotti, a former Italian Air Force officer, said on his website The Avianist that the six-second video offers a detailed view of J-36’s design.
“The arrangement of three jet engines, with two air inlets under the wings and one dorsally mounted behind the cabin, is different from conventional bimoto settings seen in many contemporary fighters. This configuration can offer lead advantages and redundancy,” wrote Cenciotti.
He said that the space at the bottom of the aircraft allows internal weapons compartments that allow the transport of long -range attack missiles.
The J-36 can cause China to equal, or possibly surpass, the United States in the race to launch a sixth-generation fighter.
The fifth generation jets of the US Armed Forces-the twin-engine F-22 and the F-35 single-engine-are generally considered the best in the world, although China also has two fifth generation models, J-20 and J-35.
However, none of these Chinese aircraft has proven experience and combat efficacy like the two American fighters.
US President Donald Trump announced last month that a contract for the sixth generation of the US Air Force-nicknamed F-47-had been granted to Boeing.
Trump said a jet prototype had been in operation for five years.
But the US Air Force announcement of Boeing to F-47 did not specify when the jets would be ready for use, stating that only the contract granted on March 21 covered “the engineering and manufacturing development phase” as well as “a small number of test aircraft for evaluation”.
Although China’s J-36 has dominated discussions about military aviation this week, it is not the only sixth-generation jet that Beijing seems to be developing.
The same day that photos of the aircraft appeared in December, photos of a new jet of two-tailed engines were also published, known as analysts such as J-XX and sometimes J-50.
The Army of Popular Liberation (ELP) did not publicly recognize the existence of J-36 or J-50.
But the Global Times state tabloid published last month a story citing several Chinese military experts stating that the images of the two new aircraft, “if authentic,” show that China is quickly progressing in sixth generation fighters.
“From the point of view of development, China seems determined to explore state-of-the-art aviation equipment,” said Wang Ya’nan, editor-in-chief of Aerospace Knowledge magazine.
It can take years for a fighter to pass the concept to the public presentation, not to mention the implementation.
The Chinese J-35 was first shown to the public at Airshow China last November in Zuhai, but was under development for 10 years or more, according to analysts.
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