Japan has successfully developed the fifth-generation aircraftIt's not very likely. The reason is simple: there is no technology. Japan is not short of money, and Japan's research and development of fifth-generation aircraft is not restricted, but Japan still can't develop fifth-generation aircraft, which is not a problem of being restricted and not allowed to develop it, but because Japan wants to develop it, but the technology is not strong enough.
If we want to talk about Japan's attempt at the fifth-generation aircraft, we have to start with the Xinshen fighter. The Shinshin fighter is the first verification aircraft in Japan's fifth-generation aircraft program, codenamed Project 23DMU, which is the Heisei 23 stealth fighter verification aircraft program. The first flight of the Mind Demonstrator in 2014 caused a stir at the time, with many seeing it as a milestone in Japan's fifth-generation aircraft program. However, it soon calmed down, and it turned out that people realized that the mind was nothing more than a verification machine of one of Japan's fifth-generation aircraft.
What do you mean by that?It turns out that the Xinshen verification machine weighs only 8 tons, and it is not a prototype or verification machine of a fighter at all, and the technical state is very primitive, with no radar, no first-class use ability, and no stealth design. Although his basic appearance looks like it meets the stealth standard, it is actually a look, and there is no S-shaped air intake in the mind, and its engine air intake leaks, and the infrared signature is obvious;The mind also does not have stealth paint, and his radar beam absorption capacity is not good;Xinshen has no stealth cockpit design, and his cockpit is completely copied from the T4 trainer aircraft.
The tonnage of the heart is small, so the engine does not need to be too big, his engine is two Japanese domestic XF5-1 engines, a single thrust of 5 tons, this is still afterburner thrust, the engine of the heart uses a baffle to achieve three-dimensional vector, but it is the simplest way to achieve, and the thrust loss is huge. The entire mental verification machine is completely unable to see what high-end technology can be verified, it is just a conceptual product, and it is very far from the real fifth-generation aircraft in Japan.
The real Japanese fifth-generation aircraft verification aircraft, should be 25DMU, he will be on the basis of the heart fighter aircraft in equal proportions, equipped with radar equipment, to achieve cloud shooting, cloud communication and other performance, that is, he can use the data link system, or a system similar to the CEC joint engagement system, to achieve the guidance of friendly missiles launched, as well as the exchange of radar signals with friendly forces, and even display the battlefield situational awareness information of friendly forces on the display screen.
25DMU will become a 20-ton medium-sized fighter verification aircraft, his technology will be much more perfect than his mind, and may even be equipped with a new generation of high-thrust engines made in Japan, and he can also use **, which is a comprehensive verification of Japan's stealth fighter, of course, it is essential that he also needs to have stealth capabilities. However, the 25DMU plan has become a distant future due to the failure of the Mind Project, and he originally planned to make his first flight 2 years after the first flight of the Mind, and the structure has not yet been shadowed.
The real prototype of Japan's fifth-generation aircraft is 27dmu, and he will be a new type of verification machine based on Xinshen and 25dmu, and his completeness is very high, and it can be carried out** He will be similar to the prototype of the J-20 2001, close to the ultimate target of the Japanese fifth-generation aircraft F3 fighter, according to Japan's assumptions, 27DMU will be built in multiple, and the entire test flight plan needs to be completed until the 30DMU, that is, the prototype of the Japanese fifth-generation aircraft, this goal can be described as unattainable. According to Japan's plan, I am afraid that it will have to wait until 2030.
It has entered a failure since the beginning of the mind, there has been no progress since the beginning of the 23dmu, and the 25dmu is out of reach, and the 27dmu is now unimaginable, is the Japanese fifth-generation aircraft really so easy to develop?In the author's opinion, it's difficult!