??? The J50 and J36, both different sixth generation fighters being built in China, had their maiden flights in 2024. They exist. They’ve had half a dozen semi-public prototype flights. They’ll be put into mass production before the end of the decade. The F47, meanwhile, is only on paper. No prototype exists. No flight (scheduled for 2028). Nothing. How could the Chinese “copy” something that doesn’t exist?
??? The J50 and J36, both different sixth generation fighters being built in China, had their maiden flights in 2024. They exist. They’ve had half a dozen semi-public prototype flights. They’ll be put into mass production before the end of the decade. The F47, meanwhile, is only on paper. No prototype exists. No flight (scheduled for 2028). Nothing. How could the Chinese “copy” something that doesn’t exist?
Western Leftists can’t stop critiquing actually existing socialism. Western rightists can’t stop critiquing actually existing 6th generation fighters.
Neither group has ever produced a working version themselves.
Presumably the F-47 is just going to be a finalized version of the x-47A or B they’ve been flying prototypes around for a couple decades.
Non-zero chance Trump asked for this when he heard an x-47 existed.