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Not going to lie, when i started watching that video one of the first thoughts that went through my head was "WTF is wrong with that flight deck?!? oh, right... ski jump."
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BrianDavion wrote: Between the two of us... I think GW is assuming we the players are not complete idiots.
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I always wanted to be a fighter jet pilot. I was even planning on entering the navy to become one in high school. Until the recruiter said that because of my less then perfect vision I would most likely never actually fly. I gave up any hope for the military after that
hotsauceman1 wrote: I always wanted to be a fighter jet pilot. I was even planning on entering the navy to become one in high school. Until the recruiter said that because of my less then perfect vision I would most likely never actually fly. I gave up any hope for the military after that
As long as you can lift weights and and sing, you could join the Chinese airforce.
hotsauceman1 wrote: I always wanted to be a fighter jet pilot. I was even planning on entering the navy to become one in high school. Until the recruiter said that because of my less then perfect vision I would most likely never actually fly. I gave up any hope for the military after that
Well to be fair you can be a NFO (Naval Flight Officer, which is their technical term for the guy who sits in the back seat) as long as your vision isn't completely terrible. It might not get as much glory as the pilots, but to the best of my knowledge you still learn how to fly, you just don't get aircraft carrier launch and landing qualified. Plus in my opinion sitting back seat on an electric warfare craft would be a pretty awesome job (if only our jamming pods weren't the same ones we used in Korea...but I digress).
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BrianDavion wrote: Between the two of us... I think GW is assuming we the players are not complete idiots.
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hotsauceman1 wrote: I always wanted to be a fighter jet pilot. I was even planning on entering the navy to become one in high school. Until the recruiter said that because of my less then perfect vision I would most likely never actually fly. I gave up any hope for the military after that
Yeah, that's a load of junk. My vision before PRK surgery was terrible. I keep hearing they may even waive Lasik soon.
But out of high school wouldn't have happened either way. You need a bachelor's.
If it doesn't have homo-erotic volleyball, you don't get to compare it to Top Gun.
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Congratulations China. You now have the smallest possible Carrier fleet in the world(that actually has a ship)
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And speaking as someone who knows little about jets, how does the J-15 compare to things like the F-22 and F-35?
Not at all well.
Its closest analogue - and the plane the Chinese seem to make all of its comparisons to - would be the Super Hornet. They claim it matches or exceeds Super Hornet performance in the basics - range, speed, payload, etc. - but I'm a tad skeptical. Even if it actually does, they're comparing a J-15 launched from land, because there's simply no way a ski jump-launched aircraft can carry as much weight as a catapult-launched one. So in the real world, it'd be short on something - either payload or fuel - compared to what the Superbug can haul.
And that's before you get into what really makes fighters dangerous in the modern world - radar, infrared search-and-track systems, countermeasures, electronic warfare suites, etc. The Chinese are way behind in all those areas.
Seaward wrote: Showing off the J-15. It's their "new" carrier fighter. Basically an Su-33 with Chinese avionics and, I think, engines.
Or, more accurately, it's for my amusement.
Thank you for the clarification.
And speaking as someone who knows little about jets, how does the J-15 compare to things like the F-22 and F-35?
I know very little about jet fighters too, but the f-22 is hands down way better technology wise. It has the capability of pulling off some crazy manoeuvres that no human being would be able to survive. It also has stealth systems that are unrivaled by any fighter jet in history, you won't see it coming until its too late, and in combat, it has a heat signature the size of a golf ball, a golf ball flying 1800mph That being said, its only limit is the said human being piloting it. When I say crazy manoeuvres, I mean pick up a pen and throw it across the room, and the f-22 can probably imitate it. Before that, the Su-33, the design the J-15 took after was the superior fighter, with higher speeds, and pulling manoeuvres that rival the f-22, but its built in systems are older than those on an f-22, and its not a stealth fighter.
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Hopefully going into USN OCS after my degree is finished (going back to the US first obviously). I hope I get to do workouts on the flight deck. And get an awesome sword!
So making a promotional video on a carrier = Top Gun rip off?
Please ask for more imagination, carriers are symbols of national pride and frequently highlighted by those with them. Its by no means an original idea from Hollywood being ripped off.
BTW China are very rapidly pacing up in military tech, their navy is no longer backwards. They have no less right to be proud of it than the US, and perhaps more because they can afford it.
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Seaward wrote: And that's before you get into what really makes fighters dangerous in the modern world - radar, infrared search-and-track systems, countermeasures, electronic warfare suites, etc. The Chinese are way behind in all those areas.
So it's less a case of cool dogfights and more a case of the J-15 goes down before it even knows the F-22 is there?
. I'll have to watch it again when I'm home from work.
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