The 055 drive force accelerated again, and the fifth generation aircraft suppressed the F35, and the

Mondo Military Updated on 2024-02-01

In 2024, China announced remarkable achievements, and the advancement of its naval and air military capabilities has attracted the attention of the United States, especially China's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and F35 fighter jets, which have worried the US military. China Aviation Group has lived up to its mission, producing more fifth-generation aircraft than the F35, and what is even more exciting is that there are more surprises waiting for us. From 10,000-ton destroyers to wingmen to aircraft carriers, each item has made the US side feel anxious. So, what are the highlights of the "report card" presented by the PLA?Let's take a closer look. (*Loma's F-35 production line, starting in 2023, has seen a significant reduction in deliveries to less than 100 aircraft). First of all, the report card of the Air Force shows the achievements of the fifth-generation aircraft over the F-35. The past 2023 has undoubtedly been a fruitful year for China's aviation industry. The relevant group revealed that the number of military aircraft acquired by the PLA in 2023 far exceeds expectations, especially the production of ** fifth-generation aircraft is very likely to surpass that of the United States F-35. In addition, there are two fighters worth mentioning, namely **carrier-based aircraft and multi-purpose***, whose performance has also been greatly improved.

For the Navy, China's achievements are equally impressive. The first is the construction and commissioning of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, which is a major leap forward for the Chinese Navy. In addition, China has also achieved the successful construction of 10,000-ton destroyers, as well as the development and deployment of a series of new ships, all of which demonstrate the strength and influence of the Chinese Navy. To sum up, China's progress in naval and air military strength is undoubtedly remarkable, and this has also aroused the vigilance of the US military. In the future, the sustained development of China's leading military strength will inevitably affect the international military pattern and become the focus of global attention. China's fifth-generation aircraft has made significant progress in stealth and radar, reaching a level comparable to the F-22 and F-35, which means that China's fifth-generation aircraft is expected to truly achieve "all-round surpass" in the near future, ending the situation of the opponent's multi-year lead. However, there is a question worth pondering, why can't it be launched as early as the F-35, despite the fact that China's fifth-generation aircraft has been "surpassed in all directions" in technology?So, will the fifth-generation aircraft that cannot be put on board be able to cooperate with destroyers and jointly improve their combat effectiveness?In fact, the People's Liberation Army of China has already achieved the operational-tactical coordination of fifth-generation aircraft and destroyers many years ago.

In 2022, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducted a super-large-scale joint exercise of land, sea and air amphibious near Taiwan Island, during which the first-generation aircraft, J-16, H-6K, Type 055 10,000-ton drive, Dongfeng series missiles and other equipment gathered together to unreservedly demonstrate their strength. Recently, the official also released the Type 055 large-drive Nanchang ship**, the picture shows that the Nanchang ship tracks the "enemy" fifth-generation aircraft throughout the process. Combined with the background analysis of the American aircraft carrier "Lincoln" and the Japanese "Izumo" in the same frame as the Nanchang at that time, the "enemy" fighter is likely to be an F-35. It can be seen that the fifth-generation aircraft partner 055 drive will have the strong strength to beat the F-35. This series of achievements is inseparable from the contribution of the US military. Robert Atkinson, founder of the Information Technology and Innovation Institute, a U.S. science and technology policy think tank, once put forward an article on how to "slow down China", in which he proposed that the United States should have the competitiveness to "maintain its lead over China", including curbing the development of China's innovation and production system, and starting with the communications industry. However, facts have proved that the United States' insistence on obstructing China's development has not achieved the desired results, but has instead backfired, pushing China to accelerate its development and get rid of its dependence on the United States.

Many analysts agree that containment and repression are never the best way to solve the problem, because China has never invaded other countries in its thousands of years of history and does not pose a threat to the United States. The United States must confront the rise of China, which was already the world's largest economic power long before the Industrial Revolution. Today, China's rise has become an indisputable fact, and it is only restoring its historical position, which is a reality that cannot be ignored. Although the United States has been striving to pursue the illusion of being "stronger than China", they have failed to realize China's strength. Recognizing that it would be difficult to open the gap with China's fifth-generation aircraft in terms of performance, they came up with the "crowd tactic", trying to compensate for the qualitative superiority with quantitative superiority. This includes speeding up production of the F-35 and increasing deployment to countries such as Japan and South Korea in an effort to better counter China's fifth-generation aircraft. However, the likelihood of the realization of such a vision in the United States is not optimistic. First, in order to have more F-35 fighters, the United States must take into account the key factor of airfields. In the event of war, there is a risk that the US military bases in the western Pacific will be hit hard by missiles, and it is not known how many airfields will be available at that time.

Second, even if the F-35 does not take off from an airfield and is fully deployed on the deck of a "quasi-aircraft carrier" such as an aircraft carrier or amphibious assault ship, its final combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the land-based version of the fifth-generation aircraft. Finally, even if the above two situations do not happen, the so-called "new tactics" proposed by the US military are only those that the PLA has already used. In their pursuit of the number of F-35s, they must understand that "China's production of fifth-generation aircraft is also increasing." Obviously, even if the production of the F-35 is increased, it will not have much impact on China's fifth-generation aircraft, let alone thwart China's fifth-generation aircraft.

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