• Bloefz@lemmy.world
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      Well China makes some stuff of their own that are very next level. Chengdu J-36, Shenyang J-50.

      But they could use hands on experience to find weaknesses in the F35 which will make it’s way to Chinese ally Russia which is Europe’s main enemy. As a country who only had F35s now this is a big problem.

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        They already got that information from some secretary of defense signal chat probably.

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      China wouldn’t want access to an enemies tech?.. And I call myself a dumbass.

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        They can just get that info out in the open the secretary of defense signal chats, it’s hard to be a dumbass when dealing with bigger dumbasses.

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      China wants every bit of the F35s technology.

      Just another tankie who thinks China’s advances aren’t based on what they’ve been able to steal from other countries.

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        Just another “free thinker” who believes that a country of 1 billion people, with good quality cheap/free higher education, a massive industrial base, and half a trillion dollars of annual R&D expenditure, can’t develop tech on their own. I’m sure there’s industrial/military espionage going on, but China is also pulling ahead in many research areas independently. With the way US is treating its scientists, I fully expect in a few years China will be the dominant STEM player in the world, US being second or third after europe.

        Would they benefit from having an F-35 to take apart? Yes. Will they build a relatively competitive fighter jet without any F-35 tech for half the price or less? Also yes.

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        just another paranoid American! The reason i love china is because you guys are shitting bricks about it! Anything that scares yanks is good on my book!