China conducts first test-flight of stealth plane

Lamplighter · 01-11-2011, 05:52 PM

People are very upset with Wikileaks for giving out secret US documents.

But I have wondered in the past, and now with this stealth plane being debuted in China,
just how do other countries make such rapid engineering progress.
I assume it has taken the US many years to develop the stealth designs and materials.
Did China really develop their designs independently of the US ?

We now know that Russia received documents for many years that kept them abreast of US weaponry.
But are these other countries (China, Iran, North Korea) likewise able to copy design developments ?
It would almost require them to penetrate each and every US company working on a project needed for a viable weapon.

I don't believe they are getting copies via Wikileaks.
Maybe I'm just paranoid enough to believe they are getting data
straight from the US government or from our allies.

loTEK911 · 01-11-2011, 07:07 PM

Our allies haven't exactly proven themselves on the up & up with us.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/spy-t...g_us_musl.html
But you have to ask about motivation. I can see maybe Israel, hypothetically, getting their hands on complete tech info for the F-22 and, not having a need to build a stealth fighter themselves, might sell it. But with the vast amounts of cash nations throw at each other, the price tag doesn't seem worth risking the loss of the US as an ally. It's one thing to steal plans for spy cameras & drones to use themselves. It's another to jeopardize US air supremacy by selling stealth tech to a rival super power.

01-11-2011, 05:52 PM	#1
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	People are very upset with Wikileaks for giving out secret US documents. But I have wondered in the past, and now with this stealth plane being debuted in China, just how do other countries make such rapid engineering progress. I assume it has taken the US many years to develop the stealth designs and materials. Did China really develop their designs independently of the US ? We now know that Russia received documents for many years that kept them abreast of US weaponry. But are these other countries (China, Iran, North Korea) likewise able to copy design developments ? It would almost require them to penetrate each and every US company working on a project needed for a viable weapon. I don't believe they are getting copies via Wikileaks. Maybe I'm just paranoid enough to believe they are getting data straight from the US government or from our allies.

01-11-2011, 07:07 PM	#2
loTEK911 Abhorrent Aberrant Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 27	Our allies haven't exactly proven themselves on the up & up with us. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/spy-t...g_us_musl.html But you have to ask about motivation. I can see maybe Israel, hypothetically, getting their hands on complete tech info for the F-22 and, not having a need to build a stealth fighter themselves, might sell it. But with the vast amounts of cash nations throw at each other, the price tag doesn't seem worth risking the loss of the US as an ally. It's one thing to steal plans for spy cameras & drones to use themselves. It's another to jeopardize US air supremacy by selling stealth tech to a rival super power.

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