China unveils sophisticated stealth fighter aircraft

[ford man xf]

A J-31 stealth fighter of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force is seen during a test flight ahead of the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, November 10, 2014. REUTERS/Alex Lee

ZHUHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China unveiled a sophisticated new stealth fighter jet at an air show on Tuesday, a show of muscle during a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama for an Asia-Pacific summit.


China hopes the much-anticipated J-31 stealth aircraft, developed by the Aviation Industry Corp of China (Avic), the country's top aircraft maker, will compete with U.S.-made hardware in export markets.


The twin-engine fighter jet was unveiled at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in the southern city of Zhuhai, a biennial event at which China shows off its military technology, a Reuters witness said.


The J-31 conducted a demonstration but was not put on display afterwards although a mock-up version was on show.


An Avic spokesman declined to comment on any orders for the aircraft.


"We were told not to do any promotion for the plane," said the spokesman, Fu Mingyao. He did not elaborate.


There are slated to be at least two more J-31 demonstrations at the show, Avic officials said.


China hopes the J-31 will compete with the U.S.-made F-35 stealth aircraft as China works to strengthen its standing as an arms producer, according to China military watchers and state media reports.


"Experts predict that the J-31 will make rapid inroads in the international market in the future, and will undoubtedly steal the limelight from the F-35," the ruling Communist Party's People's Daily reported on its website in August 2013.


It said the aircraft would be particularly attractive to countries that are cut off from U.S. arms exports.


The J-31 is about the same size as the F-35, the U.S. Department of Defense said in a report this year.


Stealth aircraft are key for China's air force to evolve from a mostly territorial air force to developing the ability to carry out both offensive and defensive operations, the Pentagon said in the report about developments in China's military.


The J-31 is China's second domestically produced stealth fighter. Analysts say development of stealth aircraft enable China to better project its power as it takes on a more assertive stance in the East China and South China seas.


President Xi Jinping has been pushing to strengthen China's 2.3 million-strong armed forces.


Obama, attending an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meeting in Beijing, is due to meet Xi on Wednesday.


(story corrects description of air show in third paragraph to "biennial")


(Editing by Robert Birsel)

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[Franco Cozzo]

Maybe we should look at chucking an order in?

[ford man xf]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

Maybe we should look at chucking an order in?

lol Damo with all the money everyones pumped into the JSF there's no turning back now! People mock the JSF but wait until all the bugs are ironed out, I think most people will be impressed with its capabilities.

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by ford man xf

lol Damo with all the money everyones pumped into the JSF there's no turning back now! People mock the JSF but wait until all the bugs are ironed out, I think most people will be impressed with its capabilities.

We'll chuck a deposit down and kick some tyres and test her out, maybe buy just one

[Bossxr8]

Looks like an F22 Raptor copy. Can't they do anything original?

[jpblue1000]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Looks like an F22 Raptor copy. Can't they do anything original?

Why, let everyone else pay for development then copy them. Good financial sense

JP

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by jpblue1000

Why, let everyone else pay for development then copy them. Good financial sense

JP

And it will be cheaper to purchase.

[CoupeKing]

Looks so similar to an F-22 Raptor.....Didnt they hack the blueprints for it years ago?

What the U.S should do is design something that has epic design faults and let them steal the master plan.

....but the faults only show at mach 3 above 50,000 feet, then all debris gets blasted into Saturn`s Ice Belt.

[uniacidz]

Only thing is, will come by China post to Aust and usually takes about a month.

Oh wells

Should have Paypal Protection though

[Road_Warrior]

Meh, 4th generation aircraft wearing fake 5th gen clothes.

[Fordman1]

Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

Meh, 4th generation aircraft wearing fake 5th gen clothes.

This.

Meh, from me too ......

[timeout]

The great wall of aeroplanes.

[Maka]

Give the Chinese a/f another 10 years & they will be probably pretty close quality wise. Their engines are not quite there yet. F -22 with another 10 years r&d will comfortably keep its advantage though.

cheers, Maka

[mcflux]

[Stefan]

Well at least they're building planes.....we can't build anything....

"Please, buy our coal and gas......"

I wonder who will be laughing in a few years.

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Well at least they're building planes.....we can't build anything....

"Please, buy our coal and gas......"

I wonder who will be laughing in a few years.

True that. Although we assembled all but the first 4 of our F/A-18A Hornets here and make some parts for the JSF program.

Even our gas sales to China will go south soon I think if reports are correct.

[olfella]

Do they do submarines?? I hear we are in the market for a couple.

[Rockape]

Originally Posted by olfella

Do they do submarines?? I hear we are in the market for a couple.

Have a look on Alibaba

[ILLaViTaR]

Does this mean we could perhaps rezone and develop the Dandenong Valley Park-lands into Glen Waverly airport?

I see no usable land in Balwyn nor rail in Doncaster. And we really need to encourage foreign investment of these enemy fighter jets into the Glen Waverly region. Otherwise the lack of Chinese national security will stagnate foreign investment growth which according to Joe Hockey is the last thing we want to be doing with the mining boom coming to an end.

What's more important. National security or the current property boom? I would've thought the answer here's obvious. We need foreign investment, that way the oldies cash in big off foreigners and in turn inflate the market, forcing their grandchildren to supplement the debt of foreigners for the ones who don't have trusts. It's great honestly.

[Mechan1k]

J-31 ... fits well in line with other Chery models they produce as well

[cheap]

Stolen F35 plans with some adaptations. Hopefully it will be built with the same crappy metal parts that they sell to the west and fall apart in-flight.

The Chinese have churned out a lot of military hardware over the past 24 months. This is becoming another arms race and leads to one thing. The yanks are investing in new generation high tech robotics, where as the Chinese will use manpower (they have a lot of that).

[ILLaViTaR]

I'm not kidding when I say the yanks have silent black triangles that defy gravity (...with colored lights all around them lol).

I'm starting to believe we've had gravity disruption since the nazi days (it can be traced back to tesla before aliens)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0325232140.htm

What a waste of money and infastructure. 1 flying triangle would **** up an entire airforce. **** robots!