Russia Is About To Give Valuable Aviation Secrets To China

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-buys-su-35s-engines-for-j-20-2012-11



Anyone familiar with military programs has heard of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: a political and technological effort with aerial prowess matched only by its beleaguered and costly production.

The F-35 is also a fifth-generation plane, which means it's using brand new, multiple technologies, all at once while strapped to an engine required to do things no engine has done before.

None of that is easy and building fifth-generation engines is especially difficult, even for the U.S., which has been refining jet aircraft for over 70 years. The list of engine issues surrounding the F-35 is long and varied, but included the simple problem of failing to design and get them running right as of just last year.

The F-35 is only one fifth-generation fighter project underway in the world right now. The others are Russia's PAK FA T-50, China's J-20 and, really America's F-22 that's still falling from the sky and unable to fly combat missions.


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