How agile are those missiles? The agility of the missile, the guidance system, and the effectiveness of the IR sensor will play more part in being a threat than the speed of the missile.
Doesn't matter if your missile is going Mach 20, if it can't pull hard enough to follow a target in a break, or loses acquisition because the target turned in a different direction.
Missiles, even hypersonic, are vastly cheaper than a 5th gen airframe. The missiles will be legit. Their targeting systems and anti-ECM are another matter entirely. The Chinks can build some fast and maneuverable missiles.
The missiles will be one of the things they get right. The stealth fighters are for show, but gadgets like missiles they can do. No ability for force projection, but they can be a thorny target.
[ + ] AngryWhiteKeyboardWarrior
[ - ] AngryWhiteKeyboardWarrior 0 points 2.9 yearsMay 23, 2022 01:08:55 ago (+0/-0)
Doesn't matter if your missile is going Mach 20, if it can't pull hard enough to follow a target in a break, or loses acquisition because the target turned in a different direction.
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[ + ] GeneralDisarray
[ - ] GeneralDisarray 3 points 3.0 yearsMay 22, 2022 13:55:02 ago (+3/-0)
All their claims of having western level weapons technology is all bluff and bullshit.
Show me their J20 stealth jet in action anywhere ever?!!
The Chinese military are a paper tiger. They don't have hypersonic anything.
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