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Exposure New Carrier-based Heavy Stealth Fighter Jet Better than F-35C


Linglong stealth carrier-based fighter jet



J-15 carrier-based fighter jets, though a rival to any existing carrier-based counterparts, is no rival to US F-35 stealth carrier-based fighter jets. There is the disparity of one generation.
Therefore, China must develop a new carrier-based fighter jet to deal with US F-35C.
Recently China’s next generation of heavy stealth carrier-based fighter nicknamed “Linglong” (J-20BH ?) has become a hot topic on the Internet.
It is said that Linglong has been developed on the basis of China’s J-20 stealth fighter.
So far Linglong is only one of the plans for the development of China’s second-generation carrier-based fighter jets. There are many other plans proposed to the State for selection. Linglong is special in having swept wings in its design.
Writer’s note: What differs China from other nations is that aircraft producers may carry out their own plans on their own with their own fund even if their plans are not accepted by the State. They want to compete with the plan accepted by the State. If their plan finally proved better than the accepted plan, they will certainly obtain orders from the State. Even if their version is inferior to the State one, they can export the fighters they have developed to recover their investment. As their production cost is much lower than US, they will certainly grab a large market share from the US.
That is the case with J-31 that China has been developing. The State has only accepted the plan for J-20, J-31 has been developed without any fund from the State. However, if it proves good, the State will certainly place quite a substantial order for it as it provide a lighter stealth fighter to supplement J-20 the heavy stealth fighter.
Chinese weapon producers are all owned by the State. For their management, satisfying the State’s needs for advanced weapons is much more important than profit; therefore, it is common for them to spend the profit earned from civil products in developing the weapons the State needs.
Source: qianzhan.com “Exposure of China’s mystic Linglong heavy stealth carrier-based fighter better than F-35C” (summary by Chan Kai Yee)