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🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON'S NIGHTMARE: CHINA MAPS OUT SIXTH-GENERATION FIGHTERS FOR SATELLITE-DENIED DRONE WARFARE China is preparing its future fighters for a battlefield where satellite navigation is jammed, pilots face extreme workloads and unmanned wingmen must reorganize as conditions change. A new paper from Shenyang researchers outlines an aircraft capable of... taking over its own flight and commanding an entire manned-unmanned formation instead of fighting alone. 🔸 The paper was led by Zhang Dong, chief flight-control designer at the Shenyang Aircraft Design and Research Institute, and published in the peer-reviewed journal Aircraft Design in August. 🔸 The institute is associated with the next-generation prototype widely known as the J-50. However, the paper does not name the aircraft or confirm that any of the proposed technologies have already been installed on it. 🔸 Automatic flight controls could take over if the pilot loses consciousness or faces an extreme workload. The system would keep the aircraft stable and potentially allow it to continue its mission while the pilot recovers or concentrates on higher-level decisions. 🔸 China is also exploring quantum-navigation technologies for operations where satellite positioning is unavailable. These could help future fighters determine their location after GPS, BeiDou or other satellite signals have been jammed or disrupted. 🔸 The most ambitious concept involves commanding reconfigurable formations of unmanned wingmen. Drones assigned to attack, reconnaissance and protection could change roles and reorganize during a mission as the tactical situation evolves. 🔸 Under this model, the pilot becomes the commander of a distributed combat network. The aircraft provides communications, sensor fusion and decision support while automation manages routine flying and helps coordinate multiple unmanned systems. If these concepts reach service, the Pentagon would face more than another stealth fighter. It would confront an airborne combat network capable of navigating under satellite denial, adapting its drone formation in real time and sending unmanned systems forward while the crewed aircraft remains farther from danger. The fighter would become the command center for an entire formation designed to keep fighting even when navigation signals and conventional formations break down. Which will matter more in the next air war: the fighter itself or the drones it controls?show more

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dtf19479 days ago

The military that won WWII is the greatest military in the world. Why change that? It was good enough to defeat Germany and Japan, it will be good enough to beat anyone who dares to defy us. Stick with a proven force that won two world wars.🤪🤪🤪

Noor Rahman8 days ago

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FreedomTimeTrav89 days ago

Does China actually have any battle tested aircraft?

Kalle H8 days ago

yes

Adam Schappell7 days ago

Solid reminder that a lot of nav planning already assumes GPS gets messy. Encouraging to see MagNav and the backups getting more real flight time.

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NewRulesGeopolitics

57,197 views • 1 month ago

🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON SHOCKED: MYSTERIOUS NEW SKIN COULD BOOST CHINA’S J-35 China has just unveiled the J-35 with a highly reflective, almost metallic surface unlike its usual matte gray finish. The images have triggered claims of a new stealth skin, but no official confirmation of a coating test has been published. 🔸 The visual change is striking: sunlight reflects across the fuselage, wings and tail, producing a mirror-like effect. Chinese analysts are divided over whether this is a genuine surface treatment or simply the result of lighting and camera angle. 🔸 A shiny aircraft is not automatically easier to track by radar. Visible light and radar operate at very different wavelengths, so a coating can look reflective to the eye while still absorbing or scattering radar energy. Photographs alone cannot reveal its radar performance. 🔸 If the finish is real, its naval role matters. Carrier coatings must preserve low observability while surviving salt, moisture, heat and constant deck handling. Greater durability would cut maintenance and help the Fujian’s air wing generate more sorties during long deployments. 🔸 Similar reflective skins have appeared on U.S. F-22 and F-35C stealth fighters since 2021, but their exact purpose has never been publicly explained. 🔸 The J-35 has already completed electromagnetic catapult launches and arrested landings aboard the Fujian. China’s first catapult-equipped carrier entered service on November 5, 2025, and soon conducted at-sea training with the fighter. 🔸 Production activity is also visible: AVIC showed an unpainted J-35 taking off from the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation in January 2026, after state television showed J-35 and J-35A aircraft under construction in 2025. If the silver finish is a durable low-observable coating rather than a trick of the light, China may be solving one of carrier stealth aviation’s least glamorous but most important problems: keeping radar signature low without trapping aircraft in maintenance. Could this coating give the J-35 an advantage over the U.S. F-35C?

🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON SHOCKED: MYSTERIOUS NEW SKIN COULD BOOST CHINA’S J-35 China has just unveiled the J-35 with a highly reflective, almost metallic surface unlike its usual matte gray finish. The images have triggered claims of a new stealth skin, but no official confirmation of a coating test has been published. 🔸 The visual change is striking: sunlight reflects across the fuselage, wings and tail, producing a mirror-like effect. Chinese analysts are divided over whether this is a genuine surface treatment or simply the result of lighting and camera angle. 🔸 A shiny aircraft is not automatically easier to track by radar. Visible light and radar operate at very different wavelengths, so a coating can look reflective to the eye while still absorbing or scattering radar energy. Photographs alone cannot reveal its radar performance. 🔸 If the finish is real, its naval role matters. Carrier coatings must preserve low observability while surviving salt, moisture, heat and constant deck handling. Greater durability would cut maintenance and help the Fujian’s air wing generate more sorties during long deployments. 🔸 Similar reflective skins have appeared on U.S. F-22 and F-35C stealth fighters since 2021, but their exact purpose has never been publicly explained. 🔸 The J-35 has already completed electromagnetic catapult launches and arrested landings aboard the Fujian. China’s first catapult-equipped carrier entered service on November 5, 2025, and soon conducted at-sea training with the fighter. 🔸 Production activity is also visible: AVIC showed an unpainted J-35 taking off from the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation in January 2026, after state television showed J-35 and J-35A aircraft under construction in 2025. If the silver finish is a durable low-observable coating rather than a trick of the light, China may be solving one of carrier stealth aviation’s least glamorous but most important problems: keeping radar signature low without trapping aircraft in maintenance. Could this coating give the J-35 an advantage over the U.S. F-35C?

NewRulesGeopolitics

26,561 views • 1 month ago

🚨🇨🇳 US NAVY'S NIGHTMARE: China’s new stealth drones change the rules at sea Aircraft carriers no longer depend on pilots. China is developing UNMANNED STEALTH FIGHTERS capable of operating directly from carrier decks - a huge shift that could alter the dynamics of naval air power. Unmanned stealth fighters can stay airborne longer, fly riskier profiles, and be used in ways that would be unacceptable with pilots onboard. From a carrier, that means deeper reach, more pressure, and fewer political constraints if something goes wrong. 🔸 Carriers stop being platforms for elite pilots and become launch hubs for expendable stealth assets 🔸 Air wings shift from quality-per-sortie to pressure over time 🔸 Losses become manageable, not strategic shocks What matters most is SCALE: unmanned systems can be built faster, deployed in larger numbers, and sent into environments where survival is uncertain. Against layered air defenses, that changes the math completely. Aircraft carrier dominance may no longer be assured simply by having jets and pilots at sea. When stealth drones can operate from a carrier deck, the calculus of power projection shifts. Will the US response be yet another multi-gazillion high-tech toy, obsolete in a real fight?

🚨🇨🇳 US NAVY'S NIGHTMARE: China’s new stealth drones change the rules at sea Aircraft carriers no longer depend on pilots. China is developing UNMANNED STEALTH FIGHTERS capable of operating directly from carrier decks - a huge shift that could alter the dynamics of naval air power. Unmanned stealth fighters can stay airborne longer, fly riskier profiles, and be used in ways that would be unacceptable with pilots onboard. From a carrier, that means deeper reach, more pressure, and fewer political constraints if something goes wrong. 🔸 Carriers stop being platforms for elite pilots and become launch hubs for expendable stealth assets 🔸 Air wings shift from quality-per-sortie to pressure over time 🔸 Losses become manageable, not strategic shocks What matters most is SCALE: unmanned systems can be built faster, deployed in larger numbers, and sent into environments where survival is uncertain. Against layered air defenses, that changes the math completely. Aircraft carrier dominance may no longer be assured simply by having jets and pilots at sea. When stealth drones can operate from a carrier deck, the calculus of power projection shifts. Will the US response be yet another multi-gazillion high-tech toy, obsolete in a real fight?

NewRulesGeopolitics

11,667 views • 7 months ago

🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON IN PANIC: CHINA FLIES HEAVY DRONE WITH 1,900-KM RANGE AND VERTICAL TAKEOFF China’s 1.5-tonne Qizhi-5 heavy tiltrotor UAV completed an autonomous flight test at the Chuzhou test base on August 1, performing vertical takeoff, hover, transition into forward flight, manoeuvring and landing without requiring a runway. 🔸 The aircraft is designed to combine helicopter-style access with fixed-wing performance. Its stated specifications include a top speed of 450 km/h, a 300 kg payload and a maximum range of 1,900 km. 🔸 Power comes from the domestically developed CS35 modular turboshaft engine, rated at 350 kW. Its modular architecture is intended to simplify maintenance and allow the engine to support multiple aircraft types. 🔸 The most important part of the test was the autonomous transition between vertical and forward flight. During this phase, lift shifts from the rotors to the wings while the aircraft’s aerodynamics, controls and power demands change rapidly. 🔸 Completing the full sequence demonstrated that the airframe, propulsion system and flight-control software can operate together through the aircraft’s most technically demanding flight mode. 🔸 The developers say the programme has mastered six major areas: overall configuration, transmission, rotor design, flight control, structural engineering and aeroacoustic noise reduction. 🔸 Qizhi-5 is being promoted for cargo transport, surveillance, emergency response and other low-altitude operations. The same runway-independent design also offers clear value for military logistics, reconnaissance and operations from dispersed sites. The Qizhi-5 can lift vertically from a confined area and then travel at aircraft speeds across distances normally associated with fixed-wing drones. That combination gives China access to locations where conventional UAVs still need a runway. Which Qizhi-5 advantage matters most: vertical takeoff, 300 kg payload, 450 km/h speed or 1,900 km range?

🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON IN PANIC: CHINA FLIES HEAVY DRONE WITH 1,900-KM RANGE AND VERTICAL TAKEOFF China’s 1.5-tonne Qizhi-5 heavy tiltrotor UAV completed an autonomous flight test at the Chuzhou test base on August 1, performing vertical takeoff, hover, transition into forward flight, manoeuvring and landing without requiring a runway. 🔸 The aircraft is designed to combine helicopter-style access with fixed-wing performance. Its stated specifications include a top speed of 450 km/h, a 300 kg payload and a maximum range of 1,900 km. 🔸 Power comes from the domestically developed CS35 modular turboshaft engine, rated at 350 kW. Its modular architecture is intended to simplify maintenance and allow the engine to support multiple aircraft types. 🔸 The most important part of the test was the autonomous transition between vertical and forward flight. During this phase, lift shifts from the rotors to the wings while the aircraft’s aerodynamics, controls and power demands change rapidly. 🔸 Completing the full sequence demonstrated that the airframe, propulsion system and flight-control software can operate together through the aircraft’s most technically demanding flight mode. 🔸 The developers say the programme has mastered six major areas: overall configuration, transmission, rotor design, flight control, structural engineering and aeroacoustic noise reduction. 🔸 Qizhi-5 is being promoted for cargo transport, surveillance, emergency response and other low-altitude operations. The same runway-independent design also offers clear value for military logistics, reconnaissance and operations from dispersed sites. The Qizhi-5 can lift vertically from a confined area and then travel at aircraft speeds across distances normally associated with fixed-wing drones. That combination gives China access to locations where conventional UAVs still need a runway. Which Qizhi-5 advantage matters most: vertical takeoff, 300 kg payload, 450 km/h speed or 1,900 km range?

NewRulesGeopolitics

16,903 views • 1 month ago

First Drone vs. Manned Fighter Combat? On December 8, 2025, the Ukrainian Air Force confirmed the loss of a Su-27 fighter jet piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Yevhenii Ivanov, who was killed during a combat mission in the eastern direction. Yesterday, December 17, one Mi-24 was downed in same circumstances. Russian sources allege the aircraft was shot down, but Ukrainian statements describe the circumstances as under investigation, with no official confirmation of the cause. There are unverified Russian claims linking it to a modified Geran-2 drone equipped with an R-60 missile. Ukrainian intelligence has confirmed the existence of Geran-2 variants armed with R-60 air-to-air missiles, designed primarily to counter aircraft or helicopters approaching to intercept drone swarms. If independently verified, such an engagement could represent a significant milestone in drone-vs-manned aircraft combat. This development aligns with broader trends i mentioned in my previous article on Chinese high-altitude drones conducting air-to-air target acquisition from positions well above potential threats. Elon Musk has indeed argued that the future of warfare lies with unmanned aircraft, stating that manned fighter jets are becoming obsolete in the drone era and predicting a shift toward autonomous or remotely controlled systems. But i believe that it’s something to the next two decades. Sixth-generation aircraft concepts often emphasize manned platforms controlling swarms of drones (loyal wingmen), but the question pushes further: How will manned fighters compete against high-altitude unmanned systems operating 10–15 km above their service ceiling and potentially launching air-air hypersonic missiles? In January I will post an article on China's development of layered high-altitude drone systems for ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance), one optimized for aerial threats and another for naval targets. Recent Chinese programs, like high-altitude stealth drones, recharge stations and mothership concepts capable of deploying swarms, suggest active progress in this direction.

First Drone vs. Manned Fighter Combat? On December 8, 2025, the Ukrainian Air Force confirmed the loss of a Su-27 fighter jet piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Yevhenii Ivanov, who was killed during a combat mission in the eastern direction. Yesterday, December 17, one Mi-24 was downed in same circumstances. Russian sources allege the aircraft was shot down, but Ukrainian statements describe the circumstances as under investigation, with no official confirmation of the cause. There are unverified Russian claims linking it to a modified Geran-2 drone equipped with an R-60 missile. Ukrainian intelligence has confirmed the existence of Geran-2 variants armed with R-60 air-to-air missiles, designed primarily to counter aircraft or helicopters approaching to intercept drone swarms. If independently verified, such an engagement could represent a significant milestone in drone-vs-manned aircraft combat. This development aligns with broader trends i mentioned in my previous article on Chinese high-altitude drones conducting air-to-air target acquisition from positions well above potential threats. Elon Musk has indeed argued that the future of warfare lies with unmanned aircraft, stating that manned fighter jets are becoming obsolete in the drone era and predicting a shift toward autonomous or remotely controlled systems. But i believe that it’s something to the next two decades. Sixth-generation aircraft concepts often emphasize manned platforms controlling swarms of drones (loyal wingmen), but the question pushes further: How will manned fighters compete against high-altitude unmanned systems operating 10–15 km above their service ceiling and potentially launching air-air hypersonic missiles? In January I will post an article on China's development of layered high-altitude drone systems for ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance), one optimized for aerial threats and another for naval targets. Recent Chinese programs, like high-altitude stealth drones, recharge stations and mothership concepts capable of deploying swarms, suggest active progress in this direction.

Patricia Marins

49,124 views • 9 months ago

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces strike an enemy UAV depot, aircraft, and radar in Crimea On April 2, operators of the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces (1st Separate USC ), jointly with Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, carried out a series of operations against military targets in temporarily occupied Crimea. The strikes were conducted in coordination with the DeepStrike Center. A storage facility for Orion-type UAVs was hit. The Orion is a reusable strike-reconnaissance drone worth over $5 million, capable of carrying missiles and aerial bombs and remaining airborne for up to 24 hours. The destruction of four Orion UAVs has been confirmed. An An-72P aircraft was also hit. This maritime patrol aircraft is used to monitor coastal areas and detect violations of territorial waters. The third target was a P-37 “Mech” radar station, designed to detect aerial targets, vector fighter aircraft, and provide target designation for surface-to-air missile systems. The precision of USF operations and their carefully planned execution are degrading the enemy’s military potential faster than it can be restored. USF: One Step Ahead!

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces strike an enemy UAV depot, aircraft, and radar in Crimea On April 2, operators of the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces (1st Separate USC ), jointly with Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, carried out a series of operations against military targets in temporarily occupied Crimea. The strikes were conducted in coordination with the DeepStrike Center. A storage facility for Orion-type UAVs was hit. The Orion is a reusable strike-reconnaissance drone worth over $5 million, capable of carrying missiles and aerial bombs and remaining airborne for up to 24 hours. The destruction of four Orion UAVs has been confirmed. An An-72P aircraft was also hit. This maritime patrol aircraft is used to monitor coastal areas and detect violations of territorial waters. The third target was a P-37 “Mech” radar station, designed to detect aerial targets, vector fighter aircraft, and provide target designation for surface-to-air missile systems. The precision of USF operations and their carefully planned execution are degrading the enemy’s military potential faster than it can be restored. USF: One Step Ahead!

🇺🇦 Unmanned Systems Forces

13,820 views • 5 months ago

For almost the entire history of fighter aviation, one rule remained unchanged, Avoid the stall. At extreme angles of attack, airflow separates from the wings and control surfaces lose effectiveness. The aircraft enters a region where pilots have very little authority or control over the aircraft. NASA decided to ask a different question, What if a fighter could remain controllable after entering the stall? Between 1987 and 1996, NASA, the USA Navy and McDonnell Douglas transformed a pre-production FA -18 Hornet into the High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) a flying laboratory designed to explore flight beyond conventional aerodynamic limits. The solution was unlike anything seen on an operational fighter at the time across the world. Instead of relying only on aerodynamic control surfaces, engineers installed six thrust-vectoring paddles around the exhaust of two General Electric F404 engines. These massive control surfaces redirected engine thrust itself, allowing the aircraft to manoeuvre when normal controls were becoming ineffective. But making it work required solving an extreme materials challenge. The paddles sat directly in the engine exhaust stream, exposed to enormous temperatures and mechanical forces. They were built using Inconel, a nickel-based superalloy designed to maintain strength in extreme heat. Special actuation systems had to move these structures precisely while surviving repeated high-temperature operation, all were purpose built. The modification added around 2,200 lb (1,000 kg) of thrust-vectoring hardware alone, turning the F/A-18 into one of the most heavily instrumented research aircraft of its era. HARV completed 385 research flights in Area 51, demonstrating controlled flight at around 70° angle of attack, a regime where conventional fighters would normally lose control. The data collected helped shape the future of advanced fighter design, influencing later programs including the F-22 Raptor, where thrust-vectoring became an operational capability. HARV was built as a research aircraft with a clear combat purpose, to understand how far fighter manoeuvrability could be pushed. What followed next was full scale implementation on F-22 Raptor which to this day is considered the most potent stealth fighter aircraft ever designed and built at scale. Source :- NASA

For almost the entire history of fighter aviation, one rule remained unchanged, Avoid the stall. At extreme angles of attack, airflow separates from the wings and control surfaces lose effectiveness. The aircraft enters a region where pilots have very little authority or control over the aircraft. NASA decided to ask a different question, What if a fighter could remain controllable after entering the stall? Between 1987 and 1996, NASA, the USA Navy and McDonnell Douglas transformed a pre-production FA -18 Hornet into the High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) a flying laboratory designed to explore flight beyond conventional aerodynamic limits. The solution was unlike anything seen on an operational fighter at the time across the world. Instead of relying only on aerodynamic control surfaces, engineers installed six thrust-vectoring paddles around the exhaust of two General Electric F404 engines. These massive control surfaces redirected engine thrust itself, allowing the aircraft to manoeuvre when normal controls were becoming ineffective. But making it work required solving an extreme materials challenge. The paddles sat directly in the engine exhaust stream, exposed to enormous temperatures and mechanical forces. They were built using Inconel, a nickel-based superalloy designed to maintain strength in extreme heat. Special actuation systems had to move these structures precisely while surviving repeated high-temperature operation, all were purpose built. The modification added around 2,200 lb (1,000 kg) of thrust-vectoring hardware alone, turning the F/A-18 into one of the most heavily instrumented research aircraft of its era. HARV completed 385 research flights in Area 51, demonstrating controlled flight at around 70° angle of attack, a regime where conventional fighters would normally lose control. The data collected helped shape the future of advanced fighter design, influencing later programs including the F-22 Raptor, where thrust-vectoring became an operational capability. HARV was built as a research aircraft with a clear combat purpose, to understand how far fighter manoeuvrability could be pushed. What followed next was full scale implementation on F-22 Raptor which to this day is considered the most potent stealth fighter aircraft ever designed and built at scale. Source :- NASA

Ammanichanda

34,009 views • 1 month ago

🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON'S NIGHTMARE: TAILLESS SIXTH-GEN BREAKTHROUGH GIVES CHINA MAJOR EDGE OVER U.S. PROGRAMS Images of the Chinese Chengdu three-engine, tailless, sixth-generation heavy-lift aircraft show sharp turn-and-climb manoeuvres that finally confirm sophisticated flight-control software and wing-integrated elevons can deliver the pitch authority long questioned for tailless designs. 🔸 China becomes the first to fly a highly maneuverable tailless sixth-gen fighter prototype. 🔸 Chengdu's three-engine design relies on advanced software and wing elevons for pitch control without horizontal tails. 🔸 The tailless configuration significantly reduces radar cross section by eliminating tail surfaces and right-angle junctions. 🔸 Beijing targets early 2030s service entry while the U.S. F-47 is projected for the early 2040s. 🔸 Maneuverability is now proven but full sixth-gen capability still requires validation of sensor fusion, propulsion, and manned-unmanned teaming. Do you think the U.S. can reach China's military aviation technology?

🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON'S NIGHTMARE: TAILLESS SIXTH-GEN BREAKTHROUGH GIVES CHINA MAJOR EDGE OVER U.S. PROGRAMS Images of the Chinese Chengdu three-engine, tailless, sixth-generation heavy-lift aircraft show sharp turn-and-climb manoeuvres that finally confirm sophisticated flight-control software and wing-integrated elevons can deliver the pitch authority long questioned for tailless designs. 🔸 China becomes the first to fly a highly maneuverable tailless sixth-gen fighter prototype. 🔸 Chengdu's three-engine design relies on advanced software and wing elevons for pitch control without horizontal tails. 🔸 The tailless configuration significantly reduces radar cross section by eliminating tail surfaces and right-angle junctions. 🔸 Beijing targets early 2030s service entry while the U.S. F-47 is projected for the early 2040s. 🔸 Maneuverability is now proven but full sixth-gen capability still requires validation of sensor fusion, propulsion, and manned-unmanned teaming. Do you think the U.S. can reach China's military aviation technology?

NewRulesGeopolitics

60,498 views • 2 months ago

Turkey’s Anka-3 is a stealth combat drone being developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries. The UCAV has been shown carrying two Super Lightning long-range cruise missiles, reportedly capable of striking targets up to around 700 km away. But its bigger significance could be how it operates alongside manned fighter jets. Anka-3 is being developed around the manned-unmanned teaming concept, where stealth drones could handle reconnaissance, electronic warfare and precision strike missions alongside human pilots. With a reported endurance of around 10 hours and a low-observable design, Anka-3 represents Turkey’s push toward a new kind of air combat network. The future fighter pilot may not fly alone—with a team of autonomous combat drones operating alongside the aircraft. #turkey #anka3 #drones #DroneStrike #StealthFighter

Turkey’s Anka-3 is a stealth combat drone being developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries. The UCAV has been shown carrying two Super Lightning long-range cruise missiles, reportedly capable of striking targets up to around 700 km away. But its bigger significance could be how it operates alongside manned fighter jets. Anka-3 is being developed around the manned-unmanned teaming concept, where stealth drones could handle reconnaissance, electronic warfare and precision strike missions alongside human pilots. With a reported endurance of around 10 hours and a low-observable design, Anka-3 represents Turkey’s push toward a new kind of air combat network. The future fighter pilot may not fly alone—with a team of autonomous combat drones operating alongside the aircraft. #turkey #anka3 #drones #DroneStrike #StealthFighter

Srijan Pal Singh

23,516 views • 1 month ago

🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON IN PANIC: CHINA'S AI TURNS DAYS OF AIR-WAR PLANNING INTO MINUTES China has revealed details of an intelligent planning system already used by the PLA Air Force to organize large-scale air operations. It can turn hundreds of targets and dozens of formations into a coordinated attack plan within minutes — work that previously took military staffs several days. 🔸 Developed by a team led by senior engineer Deng Jianping, the system uses intelligent algorithms to screen targets, allocate firepower, connect attack chains and calculate the timing of successive strike waves. 🔸 During full-process testing, it completed the planning work three times faster than required while exceeding the coordination-accuracy target by 20%. 🔸 The decisive field test came in 2022 at a high-altitude training area. More than 100 tactical units executed a coordinated strike with timing accurate to a single second. 🔸 Synchronization allows different weapons to reach radars, airfields, missile batteries and command posts almost simultaneously, denying the defender time to warn other units, relocate assets or reorganize the surviving network. 🔸 The system also compresses the gap between intelligence and attack. New targets can be added, weapons reassigned and strike sequences rebuilt within minutes instead of forcing planners to repeat a days-long process. 🔸 In a conflict around Taiwan, China could use the software to coordinate aircraft, drones, missiles and electronic-warfare assets against airfields, radar stations, air defenses, communications nodes and headquarters in one opening assault. More than 100 dispersed tactical units can now be organized to hit different targets at the same second. Taiwan’s defenses would have to detect, identify and engage the entire attack before the first damaged radar or command centre drops out of the network. Which targets would China hit first: airfields, radars, missile batteries or command centres?

🚨🇨🇳 PENTAGON IN PANIC: CHINA'S AI TURNS DAYS OF AIR-WAR PLANNING INTO MINUTES China has revealed details of an intelligent planning system already used by the PLA Air Force to organize large-scale air operations. It can turn hundreds of targets and dozens of formations into a coordinated attack plan within minutes — work that previously took military staffs several days. 🔸 Developed by a team led by senior engineer Deng Jianping, the system uses intelligent algorithms to screen targets, allocate firepower, connect attack chains and calculate the timing of successive strike waves. 🔸 During full-process testing, it completed the planning work three times faster than required while exceeding the coordination-accuracy target by 20%. 🔸 The decisive field test came in 2022 at a high-altitude training area. More than 100 tactical units executed a coordinated strike with timing accurate to a single second. 🔸 Synchronization allows different weapons to reach radars, airfields, missile batteries and command posts almost simultaneously, denying the defender time to warn other units, relocate assets or reorganize the surviving network. 🔸 The system also compresses the gap between intelligence and attack. New targets can be added, weapons reassigned and strike sequences rebuilt within minutes instead of forcing planners to repeat a days-long process. 🔸 In a conflict around Taiwan, China could use the software to coordinate aircraft, drones, missiles and electronic-warfare assets against airfields, radar stations, air defenses, communications nodes and headquarters in one opening assault. More than 100 dispersed tactical units can now be organized to hit different targets at the same second. Taiwan’s defenses would have to detect, identify and engage the entire attack before the first damaged radar or command centre drops out of the network. Which targets would China hit first: airfields, radars, missile batteries or command centres?

NewRulesGeopolitics

20,664 views • 1 month ago

"THE UNITED STATES HAS NO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST" Most people believe that the U.S. cannot launch an attack on Iran unless it has at least one aircraft carrier in the Middle East. The U.S. usually has two aircraft carriers in place when a military intervention is launched. One of the aircraft carriers acts as a backup. That is the normal procedure. I think the military doctrine is changing. Aircraft carriers are vulnerable and I have previously written that if a conflict between the U.S. and Iran starts, the US will have its aircraft carriers at a safe distance. The issue extends beyond just Iran and the U.S.; it is also significantly related to the anticipated conflict between China and Taiwan. In my opinion, the U.S. does not wish to grant China any benefits in light of that conflict. A significant issue for the U.S. is that lacking aircraft carriers in a region at the onset of a conflict results in a loss of combat capability. This includes the ability to conduct sustained high-tempo air operations with numerous daily sorties. Without these carriers, you also miss out on integrated air defense suppression and electronic warfare in contested airspace. If the U.S. conducts strikes on Iran without the involvement of aircraft carriers, it suggests that it is assessing its military strength without these assets. This could be seen as a precursor to a confrontation with China..........

"THE UNITED STATES HAS NO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST" Most people believe that the U.S. cannot launch an attack on Iran unless it has at least one aircraft carrier in the Middle East. The U.S. usually has two aircraft carriers in place when a military intervention is launched. One of the aircraft carriers acts as a backup. That is the normal procedure. I think the military doctrine is changing. Aircraft carriers are vulnerable and I have previously written that if a conflict between the U.S. and Iran starts, the US will have its aircraft carriers at a safe distance. The issue extends beyond just Iran and the U.S.; it is also significantly related to the anticipated conflict between China and Taiwan. In my opinion, the U.S. does not wish to grant China any benefits in light of that conflict. A significant issue for the U.S. is that lacking aircraft carriers in a region at the onset of a conflict results in a loss of combat capability. This includes the ability to conduct sustained high-tempo air operations with numerous daily sorties. Without these carriers, you also miss out on integrated air defense suppression and electronic warfare in contested airspace. If the U.S. conducts strikes on Iran without the involvement of aircraft carriers, it suggests that it is assessing its military strength without these assets. This could be seen as a precursor to a confrontation with China..........

WORLD AT WAR

188,246 views • 8 months ago

The Chinese are advancing on 6th-generation fighters, but I have serious doubts about whether this is truly the right path. Recently, the Turkish company Baykar flew two combat drones that operate in perfect synchronization, guided from a ground base. They executed coordinated maneuvers autonomously and are already capable of conducting BVR (Beyond Visual Range) engagements. The Kızılelma became the first drone to achieve an autonomous kill with an air-to-air missile guided by its own AESA radar. This level of Turkish progress, combined with the kill web integration that Chinese drones are demonstrating, isn’t it a strong indication that manned 6th-generation fighters might be an extraordinarily expensive fantasy? I’ll go further: some drones are already reaching speeds above Mach 3.5 - more than double those of the leading current manned fighters. I’m talking about drones capable of high-speed coordinated operations, fully autonomous, with integrated and shared weapon systems, flying at altitudes far higher than conventional fighters, and employing systems similar to Aegis. How much longer until these drones take off in large swarms, equipped with ultra-modern sensors controlled by AI and armed with long-range air-to-air missiles? How could a human pilot, even at the height of adrenaline, make faster and more accurate decisions, involving multiple scenarios and factors, than an AI commanding a pack of smaller, more agile drones operating at different altitudes? We are entering the real competition between man and machine. Even if a pilot in a 6th-generation fighter has control over slave drones and an entire Aegis-like kill web, what is the point of having him there if everything can be done autonomously, more safely, more cheaply, and in far greater numbers? Some argue that the human pilot offers advantages in unpredictable scenarios where today’s AI still fails, and I agree. But I’m not talking about current AI: I’m talking about the AI of 2030–2040, far more advanced than anything we know today. Geran drones equipped with air-to-air missiles prove that air combat drones can be extremely low-cost, while the Turkish tests show, in a far more sophisticated way, that drones designed for air-to-air missions are evolving much faster than 6th-generation aircraft, whose development and production costs are exorbitant. When we put together the Geran, the Kızılelma, and the drone kill web integration the Chinese are achieving, the question arises: is the future really manned 6th-generation fighters, or much cheaper drones produced in greater numbers, better protected, and more capable? Wouldn’t it be smarter to invest in well-equipped autonomous 6th-generation drones rather than treating them merely as wingmen? It seems that keeping a human pilot on board has more to do with ethical principles and preserving our role than with genuine operational necessity. And how would humanity react to the constant killing of human beings by AI-guided drones? Drones will be cheaper to develop, easier to produce, and possibly more agile than conventional fighters, even 6th-generation ones. In cost-benefit terms, the price of a single 6th-generation fighter could buy dozens of equivalent or even superior drones. This would save hundreds of billions of dollars and could put whoever adopts the strategy a step ahead. The Chinese, by the way, are very well positioned in this race, with HALE drones already armed with air-to-air missiles and integrated into an extensive kill web, which I will describe in detail soon.

The Chinese are advancing on 6th-generation fighters, but I have serious doubts about whether this is truly the right path. Recently, the Turkish company Baykar flew two combat drones that operate in perfect synchronization, guided from a ground base. They executed coordinated maneuvers autonomously and are already capable of conducting BVR (Beyond Visual Range) engagements. The Kızılelma became the first drone to achieve an autonomous kill with an air-to-air missile guided by its own AESA radar. This level of Turkish progress, combined with the kill web integration that Chinese drones are demonstrating, isn’t it a strong indication that manned 6th-generation fighters might be an extraordinarily expensive fantasy? I’ll go further: some drones are already reaching speeds above Mach 3.5 - more than double those of the leading current manned fighters. I’m talking about drones capable of high-speed coordinated operations, fully autonomous, with integrated and shared weapon systems, flying at altitudes far higher than conventional fighters, and employing systems similar to Aegis. How much longer until these drones take off in large swarms, equipped with ultra-modern sensors controlled by AI and armed with long-range air-to-air missiles? How could a human pilot, even at the height of adrenaline, make faster and more accurate decisions, involving multiple scenarios and factors, than an AI commanding a pack of smaller, more agile drones operating at different altitudes? We are entering the real competition between man and machine. Even if a pilot in a 6th-generation fighter has control over slave drones and an entire Aegis-like kill web, what is the point of having him there if everything can be done autonomously, more safely, more cheaply, and in far greater numbers? Some argue that the human pilot offers advantages in unpredictable scenarios where today’s AI still fails, and I agree. But I’m not talking about current AI: I’m talking about the AI of 2030–2040, far more advanced than anything we know today. Geran drones equipped with air-to-air missiles prove that air combat drones can be extremely low-cost, while the Turkish tests show, in a far more sophisticated way, that drones designed for air-to-air missions are evolving much faster than 6th-generation aircraft, whose development and production costs are exorbitant. When we put together the Geran, the Kızılelma, and the drone kill web integration the Chinese are achieving, the question arises: is the future really manned 6th-generation fighters, or much cheaper drones produced in greater numbers, better protected, and more capable? Wouldn’t it be smarter to invest in well-equipped autonomous 6th-generation drones rather than treating them merely as wingmen? It seems that keeping a human pilot on board has more to do with ethical principles and preserving our role than with genuine operational necessity. And how would humanity react to the constant killing of human beings by AI-guided drones? Drones will be cheaper to develop, easier to produce, and possibly more agile than conventional fighters, even 6th-generation ones. In cost-benefit terms, the price of a single 6th-generation fighter could buy dozens of equivalent or even superior drones. This would save hundreds of billions of dollars and could put whoever adopts the strategy a step ahead. The Chinese, by the way, are very well positioned in this race, with HALE drones already armed with air-to-air missiles and integrated into an extensive kill web, which I will describe in detail soon.

Patricia Marins

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