In reference to 7:47 I find it quite hilarious how military equipment is touted in movies like Transformers or the F35 in the most recent Die hard movie not fond of this propaganda at all....
when they are able to develop jet engines that equal or better Russians then they are not a threat ... this is all down to the military trying to justify demanding more cash from a bankrupt country with nearly 150% debt and rising fast
These types of long form interviews show exactly where youtube can absolutely blow traditional media out of the water. Listening to long interviews without commercial interruption on military technology is practically a religion, (at least to me), and are hard to find outside of TH-cam. New sub earned here!
Please allow me to join your religion. What are other channel on that matters you would recommend? Currently i watched Military history visualized /not visualized
@@dimasakbar7668 Millenium 7 * is a fantastic channel for detailed dives into old and new technology. He has a masters in aeronautical engineering and the stuff in his videos is hard to find elsewhere. I really love his documentaries on old Cold-War era planes.
How you come to conclude that this is an unbiased analysis is puzzling. There are an endless list of statements that place China squarely as the bad guy; from allegations of stealing western technology on a scale unbeknown before, to China being a threat to the US. All these are presented as if they are statement of facts without an iota of proof or evidence.
@@stephenlock7236 Probably because they are analyzing the PLAAF. If they were analyzing the US, they'd also cite all of the spying the US does as well as the threat the US poses (especially where they can invade from).
@@stephenlock7236 If you consider any of these allegations as painting China as the bad guy then that's honestly on you. China is obviously the main threat to the US by the simple fact that it is the biggest emerging economy and military not squarely in the US' alliance network. Who gives a shit about industrial espionage as a moral denominator, it is mentioned in the video that all sides are doing it and it is not hard to figure out why China does it so much, its technological base used to be quite far behind its contemporaries. It doesn't need any evidence to confirm such self-evident thesis
What I will give you is that he clearly talks about this from a western perspective, given that he works for the British government this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. But he really does keep the value judgements down as far as possible from that point on.
I watched this video because I wanted non-biased insight into China's capabilities. With other videos, the attitude is either "Oh, they're trash, pfft." or "Oh no, World War III starts tomorrow!" I just want a sober assessment. Thanks for delivering and keep up the good work!
Exactly, most of these clowns including the muppet Binkov are delusional when it comes to assessing real capabilities of the big 3. Every channel paints a picture of if the U.S goes to war with China we should be prepared to meet Mao's Red Army on the battlefield.
@@davidmoss2576 To be honest, I don't actually know how well China would do. Not saying it would do bad or crush the Western powers, just that I don't know. The last conflict they had was with Vietnam in the 70's and if I remember right it didn't go brilliantly, while the American's have been in constant conflict since, and as such been able to test their new technology and weapons. I just think the Chinese don't have enough practical combat experience to be able to point the finger at the Americans and call themselves superior
@@joserizal4126 Regardless of why they invade, the point is the Americans have a hell of a lot more experience both with symmetrical and asymmetrical warfare. The US proved how quickly they can defeat a country traditionally in the Gulf War, since that's what the US military is built to face. the problem I have with China is for the most part it's all bark and no bite, if they want a conflict they can start one, but if not they can shut up and build up quietly. There's only so much you can learn academically and using training scenarios that most likely are always run in favour of the Chinese military, never in a situation where they might be disadvantaged
@@princeendymion9044 You are correct, but the PLA don't want to kill anyone, if possible. That' s Chinese philosophy. FYI, in last year's border conflict of cold weapons, the PLA lost four people and more than 20 Indian soldiers were killed.
@lxIceRaptorzzl 1 Lmao, you trust the Indian border report bullshit, didn’t you The J20 that got detected there isn’t even equipped with luneburg lens If you don’t even know what luneburg lens are , then please stop shit posting around
@lxIceRaptorzzl 1 SU 57 itself are still not mass produce yet and will took until 2027 to produce 70 unit of su 57. Meanwhile J-20 already entered service and in 2020 it already produce 150 unit
To me this is the best Military channel to date. Objective analysis. Refrained from demonizing China unlike the rest. Don't bad mouth China military capability. In depth knowledge. Certainly a class above Warthog Defense, Covert Cabal and Defense Update. Of the three, the worst is Defense Update.
Most if not all the insults are from Americans, Westerners or other nationalities that bought into the whole pro-West BS even though if you look at history, the actions of the West are far more "evil" than that of China.
@@dickmelsonlupot7697 The pro-West BS does undermine China's capability as an up and coming superpower, but that doesn't mean China is less evil than the west. Under Communist China's short history alone oppressed and killed millions of people far more than the west in the same time period.
that is how anyone learns isn't it? First you look at what others do...follow in their footsteps...after you get some experience, you can form your own ideas...
you have to cultivate an innovative (and questioning) culture with it though, that never happened with Soviet R&D and has not happened with Chinese R&D either
I knew a senior military personnel from Singapore and he told me that China's military is so much more powerful and advance than how some western fanboys were playing it down. As Thailand had constant joint air force exercise with China, Thailand was totally shocked by how powerful and capable the Chinese fighters were. Thailand operates the Saab Gripen and the Chinese jets were comparable to western fighters. Besides the engine which the Chinese is still improving, Chinese jets had overtaken the Russians in many aspects especially their avionics. Besides the air force, Chinese most deadly arsenal is their hypersonic long range missiles which is way ahead of the US! US was too complacent on their missiles development! We need professional and honest reviews like these, not some the fanboy's club bullshit putting lots of technical jargons copy and paste on their remarks as if the Chinese was still a rag tag army like 70 years ago during the Korean war.
I had enough of the incessant propoganda and misinformation from NYT or worse, Fox news. This sort of self delusion only leads to self destruction like in the now defunct USSR Finally could hear an intelligent qualified analyst give his no BS professional opinion.
In the long run it will be whatever happens in dombass. Russia's army will never be able to wage another war in the former eastern europe perimeters because russian losses are too high and russian demographic is just too low. China in the other hand is 1;5 billions strong with complete integration within global capitalism. If XiJiping doesn't mess everything with his return to a totalitarian regim, China will keep being the most powerful challenger of the USA until the next 30 years if they don't become the most powerful country at all before suffering from huge population drop because of the aging of their population.
Dont believe any if them they can say anything they want . I would like to hear then talking about evil america n evil endia instead . Many individual had said many biased reports against China will evil , crooked double standard intention .
@@kakaxifx4913 Why are u guys so interested in making false accusation against China when all these weapons have been in America but u guys didn't say anything about america n endia having these weapons
@@heavengod8650 didn't get your point in term of "Why are u guys so interested in making false accusation against China when all these weapons have been in America but u guys didn"
Ay. Top bloke. Excellent. The whole video overall too. One grumble: A hard balance for an air-focused channel of course ...... but ....... Chris FFS stop interupting Justin when he's giving the geo-political background because you're worried folk will dip out if you don't cut to the planes. The audience for an analysis of this weight is not so impatient or too dim to stay the course.
What did he say about the dude doing a chinese refueling sortie? Did he say the USAF was subordinate to the PLAAF in that regard? Didn't understand his point about that.
@@name_dropper8112 the china mission was the refuiling, in american missions they do sorite/training/dogfight and then refuiling. Refuiling planes are pretty rare if you look at total frames in china airforce so doing and airrefuiling was advanced for china pilots.
It's also important to realize that Chinese engineering, despite often borrowing design queues, isn't a joke; many of their engineers are US-educated and just as capable as anybody.
Yap, China has been in a very "cold war" stance with the US long before this....hacking on government/industrial entities, spying, stealing IP's, anti-west/US propaganda, "Thousand Talents Plan" program ..There more than 350,000 Red Chinese "students" inside the US universities with access to it's million dollars of facilities and research funds.....these university research laboratories are the "soul" of the technical prowess of the USA...this is where of some of the most important medical and science breakthrough in America comes from (from the Fluoride toothpaste, seat belts, radio, TV, computer, google, internet, GPS, touchscreens, rocket fuel, most of the world’s most important vaccines, to the artificial heart...in fact most of everything we have in the world today all came from research inside these US universities)......and China steals these million dollars worth of research and development for free.
@@Gongolongo most of all of my classes were white, it’s a myth that most engineers are asian. Asians tend more to the medical field than engineering, engineering is too creative and medical field is more memorization
As someone who served the PLA ground force as a lieutenant but have a father who served PLAAF as a pilot, I appreciate your information. I hardly see any informative content of the PLA on TH-cam.
Our good old Asia-Pacific region is now referred to as "Indo-Pacific", and soon it would be known as "Anglo-Pacific" region. 🤔 For hard truths, pls read informative multi-pages 'Ole Fella' comment on TH-cam at, "China-US tensions: A closer look at the Five-Eyes intelligence partnership / CGTN".
@@tellthetruth5699 He'll will freeze over first. UShas too much blood and treasure invested. Not to mention PRC can not survive without American market. PRK survival is tied to Dollar and won't sacrifice that. They are an export nation they need buyers. Our overwhelming Military naval might tied to all Asian pacific nations hold absolute control China is a paper Tiger. They fear their own people more than all.
@@WakingTheWoke1963 Complete and utter nonsense. The Chinese are a manufacturing giant and produce anything they need. We in the U.S can't produce nearly as much and nowhere as cheap. Even with manufacturing coming back to the US the prices will never make sense. We have an outstanding Navy but it is finite. It is only a matter of time before we are pushed out of the Pacific, get use to it.
Outstanding video. You and Justin are to be commended for a great discussion on a difficult topic. It goes along with a presentation that I saw on the Chinese naval militia with the Chinese desire to defend their coast by pushing potential attackers back further into the Pacific.
Why criminal America is creating propaganda and fake news against China? because Chinese economy is surpassing American economy soon. Western powers want to rule the World and Asia forever so they create fakes news and terrorists to create confusion, chaos, civil Wars in CHINA and India(divide and rule policy of the Western powers)..World's 95% terrorists were created by American spy agency CIA............./////////////,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,................
America was founded on slavery and genocide, white man success was build on stolen loot in the name of Jesus, said one Hindu, they commit toms of evil earn tons of gold made women and children suffer in the hell to become successful country, since 1776 America only 20 years didn't attack other countries, they are war addict, they always instigate conflict always commit unspeakable atrocities, America is a threat to world peace.
It is amazing that anyone could still consider the Chinese as backwards, in military technology. Today's China is the same China that has a respectable space program - they have successfully landed unmanned exploration craft on the Moon - that is not an achievement to thumb your nose at. Even if the Chinese Air Force could only manage a kill ratio of 2:3 in America's favor, that would be a significant setback to US air power in the region, and perhaps even a kill ratio of 1:2 in the US' favor would still allow China to deny regional airspace to the United States. As your guest Justin Bronk makes clear, the Chinese only need to achieve parity with the West to obtain their goals, not supremacy. Concerning the Chinese Air Force's previous adherence to tactical manuals, it reads a bit like the Royal Navy's adherence to the Fighting Instructions and the Line Ahead formation - but it appears China is not waiting for a Nelson to free them from "the book". Lastly, Western contempt of China's airpower seems to echo the contempt that the West - or at least America - had for Japanese pilots and aircraft, on the Eve of Pearl Harbor...
Not forgetting if China and the US did have a war there would be a good chance it would drag in Russia at some point. This would then involve NATO and Russia in Europe and from that point we are in potential Armageddon territory 😔
US actually outnumbers China in combat aircraft, though (by a wide margin). Also, the US Pacific fleet, by itself and without reinforcement from the rest of the Navy, already has more naval tonnage and more combat power than the entire Chinese navy. China can't afford to take heavy losses because they don't have the #'s. The old "quantity has a quality of its own" adage might have worked for China in the Korean War, but this won't work for them in a modern conflict.
The CIA literally spent billions of dollars recovering chunks of a sunk Soviet submarine. In terms of money the US spends way more on espionage than any other country.
Plus he admitted that everyone spies and steals military stuff from everyone else, so by that logic all of NATO countries spies on and steals military secrets from other NATO countries R&D, and Russia does the same to China.
What an incredibly well done video! Not many talk about the PLAAF and it's rapidly expanding capabilities, and this video provided an awesome in depth look in an easy to understand manner. Thank you.
Yup. Because it was designed by Wind tunnel. Nature creates beautifulness which human can sense it. Meanwhile only the master of art can handle it in painting Or sculpting. Apparently China reached that level. I wonder what's the next.
This is what you do to catch up. Few countries had the privilege that the US had of directly abducting foreign scientists and having advanced tech built for them.
@@yaz2928 didnt the Soviets have spies take the Manhattan Project secrets? China sometimes making unlicensed copies of other countries equipment? What makes the US special in this regards?
@@fulcrum2951 What makes the US special in this regard is that it spends more on espionage than the rest of the world combined, we are talking tens of billions of dollars (inflation-adjusted) over the years. Look up at how the CIA recovered bits of a sunk Soviet submarine, how they outright stole a Hind gunship from Libya. By the way this is actual theft. China got most of its military tech from licensing agreements with the Soviet Union, whereby the USSR allowed China to build its tech at a fee. Copies in this instance are not theft.
the J-20 looks like what you'd see in a Command &Conquer game or some sci fi near future game but some Chinese designer said lets make it now! It is by far one of the most unique looking planes out there for military purposes
Totally ignores the fact that their pilots have zero combat experience, their leadership has zero combat experience, no living veterans of wars for their NCOs, none of their equipment has been battle-tested, none of their supply chains, command and control infrastructure, their communications tech, have been battle tested... The training they all get is sub-standard. Basically if a war with China breaks out and lasts longer than 2 weeks, China will be devastated and then turn to its nukes to scorch the earth because that's the kind of butthurt weasels the CCP are.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 The fact that someone doesn't mention something directly, doesn't mean that they didn't talk about it. If you've listened closely you could basically hear all your critisms on West Taiwans air force, but it just wasn't mentioned out loud.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 the only combat experience us pilots has is against guerrilla fighters with no air force or anti air capability. Don't think that's gonna help a whole bunch against a modern foe with those capabilities
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 none of that seemed to matter when the Chinese forced the the US into an embarrassing retreat at Chosin in Korea right back to the 38th? And that was in the 50’s. Just imagine the same war today. Hmmmmm Americans have short memories it seems…
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Stalemate in Korea, Lost the war in Vietnam, Lost the war in Afghanistan, Abandoned the Kurds, abandoned your afghan allies, abandoned your Vietnamese allies, Iraq now infested with ISIS, yeah - the US really have some good experience 🤣
J20 pilot on Chinese open media claimed he has passed Miyako Strait and Bashi Channel to the west Pacific for training which it has never been reported or followed by Japanese or Taiwan AF. J20 low detective capacity can be proven.
Thank you Justin and Chris for another informative interview. The People's Liberation Army Air Force is rarely talked about by western air force enthusiasts, same goes for the Indian Air Force that was also mentioned in the video. Maybe you could cover them next?
@@MilitaryAviationHistory hi nice video really learned a lot about PLAAF any video on IAF in future their challenges and where they stand aganist china
@@MilitaryAviationHistory an interesting read would be about the Folland Gnat and the not so smooth Marut designed byThe Kurt Tank(It eventually never reached supersonic due to the underperforming British engines which were available but the plane was designed with supersonic capabilities in mind). :|
Read an interesting article last week. Basically saying that the Russians should focus on the SU-30M3 rather than the SU-35. As the formers has almost the same capabilities as the former at a far lower cost. Thus saving money to purchase more Su-57s and the new SU-75.
@@Mugdorna I don't know what Su-30M3 is. The latest modification they ordered is called Su-30SMD and has the exact same engines and radar as Su-35, to make them both totally compatible. It only has an extra person inside, I doubt it's cheaper at all.
You must be joking that China has to coerce Cambodia. First, there is no territorial dispute between China and Cambodia. Next, Cambodia is the biggest supporter of China among the ASEAN countries. Lately, Cambodia chased away the U.S. and invited the Chinese to upgrade an important commercial port on its coast.
I love that this channel dont just bashed at what china has made today, But they analyzed it and see the progress of it and even saw the potentials it has. Just because a plane or carrier that china released to service today has a lacking quality or that it added nothing new to its class, doesnt mean it wont be a threat in 5 or 10 years later. Now that's something to think about. This is exactly why i subscribed to this channel!
You can say the same for America during WW2. The Sherman and the rest of the armoured vehicles were shhhhttt. Shermans couldn't even fight properly against Tigers or fully equipped Panzer IVs. The only effective Sherman in the European theatre was the Firefly. Yet they won because Shermans outnumbered the Tigers and Panzers and pretty much drowned them with numbers. And funny enough, the Russian T-34 is actually far better than the Shermans. Even with Navies, the Royal Navy was far better than the US Navy. As for the Airforce, the only great plane America had was the Mustang but the Mustang's history was complicated with it being a failure and pure ssshhhhhtttt but only became good when they tried experimenting and put a British engine in the hood. Realistically speaking, the planes the Navy had especially for it's carriers weren't that good. They were only slightly better than the Japanese Zeroes. Plus the fact that they already know the disadvantages of Zeroes, have made methods and tactics to combat them, the shhhttt load of planes they managed to produce and the fact that Japan had the dummbbeessttt set of leaders who didn't take advantage and maintain their superior Zeroes properly is what helped the Navy win. In fact, American AAs were what shot down most of the Imperial Japanese Navy's planes and ironically enough most of their AAs aren't theirs or weren't their inventions. Much of their AAs (like the Orleikon 20mm and the Bofors 40mm) are Swiss/Italian and Swedish respectively.
@@dickmelsonlupot7697 I think you are wrong about Tiger IV and Panzer IV tanks being superior to Sherman and that is was a swarm kinda like how Soviets get the bad wrap of “swarming” I have some points for the Sherman being better in terms of combat ability theoretically by the specs on Wikipedia I feel the Sherman has a bigger gun therefore more penetration It also has more mass specifically around 4 tons maybe more so theoretically heavier so slower/less fuel efficient but maybe more armor I can’t find kill ratios but I see that at least 7100 Sherman’s were destroyed on the western front maybe more but this is only UK/US death of tanks/crews combined yeah but like I highly doubt there were more than 400 tiger tanks, and that’s being kind, and it’s variants in the western front 44-45 pulling numbers out of my ass but I seriously believe most would have been annihilated from 41-44 German armor like a starving organism lacked nutrition/material for mass manipulation anywhere in the projectiles, in the energon juice, armor, literally nutrition, etc Of course yeah more than tanks but tldr TLDR How can panzer IV be better when it’s smaller in terms of penis/gun and mass/ass basically less penetration & less protection And the tiger tanks.. how many were even operational sounds like some myth or urban legend not dying I really don’t know but you make this claim of tiger tanks being superior to the Sherman in an actual tank battle I just don’t know
@@mkkk1058 There are different versions of the Panzer IV and we were to pit the earliest Panzer IVs with that snub nose gun with an early or mid war then yeah maybe the Sherman might have a chance. But for a mid-1943, 1944 or 1945 version of the Panzer IV like the Ausf.J, 10/BW or the Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G (Germans hate names and love numbers so don't get confused since you're not the only one), then the Sherman even the M4A4 ones would either be brutally murdered or at least had a rough time going up against a Panzer Battalion. Plus the Shermans weren't armored that greatly. For the most part, their skin is only 12.7mm thick and around 177.8mm on it's thickest location (which is at the side but only when attacked on it's slanted angle). And the Sherman's guns aren't that powerful and lacked range. Even the doctrine and strategies for use of the Shermans highly advice them to use their speed to their advantage and not act like tank killers. The only theatre they were doing actual good on their own is the Pacific theatre since Japanese tanks were weak and underdeveloped since money was funneled more to the Navy. And sure, there weren't a lot of Tigers back then but even with their fewer numbers, the kills they rack up when they are there is visibly apparent (of course if they survive or not get attacked by fighters or bombers or if their Jew-made parts weren't failing). And in terms of quality for parts, America may have a slight advantage especially with the fact that many Panzer, Tiger and other stuff were basically Jew-made or POW-made (meaning slaves who may not be the best workers) especially during the mid to late stages of the war, then the German parts may end up failing or have problems but in terms on paper or even on actual combat, they actually do reign supreme than the Shermans. The only reason the Western allies stood a chance is because, like I said, due to their immense numbers and the aid of the Air Force especially the fighters and bombers who can exploit all tank's weakness which is the top armor. Plus tank destroyers like the M10 helped in the fight as well.
I think this is one of those things where we think we know but we actually don’t. Remember when they said America would be able to handle a pandemic and China is just going to collapse. Yeah, I think we’ll only know for sure when that time comes
Thats my thought too. It would be a mistake to think that China cant do theatre warfare. Its not like command and control during the 50s and 60s where the chinese army didnt even have rank in the armed forces and think like the Soviets with command coming from the centre. Its modern warfare now, dude.
@@Praetorian157A Even without rank and C&C ability the chinese still beatback the vietcongs. Something that the US never managed to do with what everyone beliere to be better equipement.
@@mikexhotmailChina still had rank during the Korean war. They experimented with total equality during the 70s when rank and insignia was removed so that the officers and the average soldier dressed and ate the same. It did run into issues when the commanding officers dies in combat since they had confusion as to who is the next highest ranking officer to take the chain of command but that is only temporary.
To the "expert" featured in this interview: J10 is a medium-weight fighter jet and certainly NOT their F16 which is actually a lightweight fighter and somewhat on the way out.
Wow, literally the first time hearing some one talking about Chinese’s military capabilities in a more serious tone. So it seems to me that now they have both the quantity and the quality….
As a Chinese here) going to say no, the quantity is still very sad, for quality… check the amount of J-10A that is still in service and J11B at the same time, these are like early 90s level of product while still massive in service. And count the percentage of J7 and J8 in the services…
@@CCC-if2jx I think China foresee that it kind of wasteful spending to build enough quantity in one shot since their r&d is advancing rapidly. It will end up just like F-22/35 that may out of service or obsolete with out the chance to fight in serious air war. China is not ready and may not need to be ready if their can hang on long enough.
Actually there are not many advanced aircraft. Dammn you guys have no idea how much the Chinese Internet and people's Congress fight each year about increasing military spending
You cant make an enemy of someone who isnt threatening just because they are getting richer. This interviewee is talking on behalf the USilitary complex. Build a threat to sell your shit.
Great video, great guest, and very timely video. Chinese missiles like pl-15 and pl-21 not only outclass Russia but usa and the west. China's doctrine is different to usa and russia, and thus this is part of chinas general long range area denial strategy with standoff strike munitions and weapons. Usa has no answer and is now scrambling, having dropped out of intermediate range missile treaty with Russia.
As a chinese, I don't see Justin as a professional commenter for he struggled for certifying his farfetched "chinese copy" theory, and his comments are far from the fact. The chinese laserguided bomb tech was initially imported from russia (as the picture showed, russian KAB-500 bomb) and couldn't be copied from the US for they had even no chance to touch one. The only lavi tech used on J-10 was fly-by-wire system because the IAI once worked as a contractor in the J-10 program, and you call it copy? It even looks totally different especially from the top.
A lot of insinuations here, not necessary really, 1) Debt trap, e.g. Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc all these countries owe China lots of money, have not heard China demanded money from them if so western media would not hesitate to report them, 2) Take away Water from African countries really, never happen? Stick to facts, analysis and opinion will suffice. And don't try to be a propagandist. These are the facts: What REALLY happens British and American soldiers went into Afghanistan killing the Taliban, as a result, thousands upon thousands of Afghan citizens were killed and worse still millions upon millions of refugees pouring into the neighbouring countries. Millions of Afghans are suffering, have you consider that Dude? Both of you dudes should be embarass.
Why is the US worried about the PLAF? EZ answer, cz they are used to fighting enemies with barely any forms of air force and incompetent pilots with barely enough training and skill. The PLA suffers from neither of these faults.
seriously wouldnt be surprised... china russia alliance learning and helping each other... beneficial for each other, would not be surprised to find out china helping russia with infrastructure and building docks or sharing docks etc... china and russia already sharing during the military war games and both indicate the "relationship being more than an alliance, a deep friend" china acting like a medic and bringing russia back online is beneficial for china and a joint deterrent for the west
@@Drownedinblood anything is better than the original AK-47 since the -47 was pretty much just a prototype. Everything after that were refined copies that used better or more cost-effective parts
As a Chinese, I'm so glad you are coving this topic and thanks for all the hard work and research! As many said, the Indian Air Force is definitely what I hope to see next, not because all the Internet wars ongoing in the comment section, but their diverse fleet of aircraft, the one I'm most interested in is the carrier based Mig 29 because people say its capability can improve carrier operation efficiency, hope to see your take on that!
It will be interesting to see India’s transformation over the next 20 years as their economy expands as China’s has, enabling similar changes to their military that China is going through right now. It will also be interesting to see how the west responds and enables India to be an ever present force as China’s main info-pacific rival and counter.
@@krash4291 The Mig29 is the soviet counterpart to the F16. It has more thrust to weight but relatively short range. Which makes it an weird choice for carriers. I'd be more interested when the Indians would use their imported Rafales on carriers. The French use theirs on carriers and it's surely an match for US carrier based F18's Surely that would blunt the chinese navy since they can't use the J20's on carriers i assume.
It's true as implied that parts of this report will quickly need updating, but, this report's overall value is both immediate and lasting Its so nice to have lived to see an age of media when practically anything about a rival power is NOT peppered with nationalist propaganda.
"Japanese Self-Defense Force fighters scramble 1,000 times each year. almost against Chinese fighters." Not China's fault. Japan's air defense identification zone cover almost the entire western pacific ocean or China's coast line.
Me reading the title: Yeah, nice try. Who'd be stupid nuff to click on it? - obviously click bait. Me noticing video's by Military Aviation History: I guess the answer is me.
Most Americans generally have these views of China's military machine : discrepid, tin-pot planes, inferior copied equipment, Papier-mâché missiles and so on and so on. These derisive dismissal of China' military equipment may come back to bite us where it hurts most...one day.
Russia and China aren't adversaries nor competitors! They have trillions worth of projects that are guaranteed to make both countries prosperous in future! Military trade between the two is minimal compared to other deals they have!
This comment is to all of those who keep commenting "CHINA IS FIVE DECADES AFTER THE USA!!" They have their own very impressive production lines. in-fact, a lot of America military equipment is produced by the Chinese because labour costs.
@@jensensean7118 I was quite a big deal when some large amount of US’s battle uniform and boots are built in China and labeled as Made in US. Although the quality was unknown since DOJ didn’t give any, it’s still shocking how this happened. Also a lot of ballistic plate used in US military are built in China under sister company based in US, and Holosun, a big supplier of optics for US army is a Chinese-hold company. So Chinese built military gear in US Army, yes but just not in classified area
Most customers of Chinese weapons complain that they are very unreliable and have multiple failures and not ready for a vigorous war and buying from turkey,back to Russia,India south Korea .
It would be interesting to see what they could do with the US budget, they would need to tripple theirs. Doudt if they need 10 years, their tech growth is phenominal
NATO defence budgets appear large by comparison because their biggest spend is manpower costs They pay competitive rates to retain them otherwise they would go back to civilian life China and Russia have conscript forces costing the minimum, they also are low labour cost countries so can make equipment and supplies cheaper than the West. Basically for every dollar that China or Russia spends on defence, the Wesatern countries have to spend 2.5 times as much to be equal So don’t be fooled by comparing US or NATO defence spending and thinking that it is huge compared to China or Russia, it is big in dollar terms but not in equipment or capability
I am fairly new to this blog and I am really impressed and happy to see a younger generation of aviation enthusiasts proving such outstanding content. Keep up the great work Chris!
What I like about this is treating the issue as an evolving matter rather than fixed in time. The situation changes, the tactics changes, the equipment changes. With every advancement, there will be a counter. But I do feel looking at the trajectory, the pace of change will be driven in China
The pace of change could be brought to an almost completely standstill if the majority of world pulled the plug in financing. It would be painful for a bit but we do not need to have everything made in China. It's the billionaires who are risking world security when they could be investing in home counties
@@trevoror8668 Just capitalism doing what capitalism does, it's a self destructive force of greed. The ironic part is China is ditching the west not the other way around. They publicly stated their goals back in the 1980s. They would use foreign capitalist markets to allow them to catchup to the western powers. Playing off the greed of foreign business the Chinese would provide disciplined cheap massive labor forces. Yet the plan from the start was use this to develop the factories, the technology the experience. Once China had this industrial infrastructure and technology they would be in a position to overtake the west and transition to more socialism. That is exactly what we are seeing happen now, and the west is panicking. Hence all the anti Chinese propaganda. It's a desperate attempt by western powers and their wealthy corporations to demonize, scapegoat and undermine China in anyway they still can.
@@-Zevin- yes EVERY bad thing being said about china i a lie to you that is why there is a global call to stop forced human organ harvesting mass murder of people just for their hearts liver lungs kidneys eyes is ok for you it's just a lie being made up to take a swipe at the most evil country on this planet. The elephants rhinos tigers pangerlins all mean nothing to you it's just a lie to dig at the CCP. The building island all over the china sea is ok even though there's distinct countries with distinctive races of people who have lived there thousands of years But not really at all to you it was china all a long. Your name rather than zevin should be Richardhead
@@trevoror8668 This is particularly amusing considering the "organ harvesting" claims are a conspiracy theory that spread mostly on the internet and was started by the Falun Gong Cult. So you are quite literally spreading conspiracy theories from a literal cult, while mocking the idea that it could be false. That is very ironic.
@@-Zevin- you are behind the time there is at this moment and running until next Sunday a WORLD WIDE seminar involving almost every country calling for a complete investigation into the Proven case of murder for organ transplants. I would advise you watch epoch times they are broadcasting every speaker throughout next week this has been happening for the last 3 days already I'm sure you could catch up. You are supporting a criminal organisation that rivals the German slaughter houses of the second world war i.e. concentration camps except they simply murdered they weren't murdering for PROFIT You are a sick sad individual. Good day
One mistake I see is that the author of the article lacks a continuous understanding of the Chinese military. China has completed the military reform from a military area to a theater area, and all kinds of training have undergone fundamental changes. The rapid development of the Chinese military is amazing.
This video is a valuable overview of PRC aviation capabilities, as well as a brief gaze at Chinese military and political planning and integration. You have informed us without us having to do all the digging into sources and sorting through minutiae to find the gems. Well done, again.
Is J-20 a stealthy design? Well: Looking at the edge alignment and planform alignment of the J-20, which is the biggest determining factor on how stealthy an aircraft is. The Stealth shaping of the J-20 is in-line with what you would consider a very stealthy design. I would dispute the notion that canards are inherently "unstealthy" J-20's canards are aligned with other control surfaces, such as the wings, and the top edge of the air intake, so for all intents and purposes, J-20 has stealthily designed canards. Which means when not moving, it DOES NOT present any new angles of reflection for enemy radars. And when they are moving, from the videos I've seen J-20, the angle is tiny. Which MIGHT only present a momentary blip, milliseconds, nowhere near enough to get a lock on target. People also need to understand, even the F-22 is very much detectable from long range by low frequency early warning radars, so the idea of stealth fighters that can't be seen is very much exaggerated, it's rather that Stealth fighters PREVENTS the enemy to get an effective lock on target. Because the stealthy features are much more effective against higher frequency targeting radars. In that case, no aircraft is really stealthy. And due to the fact that you cannot create or destroy energy, the radar waves, which are a form of energy, cannot simply be "absorbed" by the stealthy aircraft, it has to be redirected. Which means, any stealthy aircraft, are very detectable from certain angles. So canards doesn't really do much in terms of stealth other than having a different set of more detectable angles. Stealth fighter pilots are very aware of these more detectable angles, and will try to point the least observable angle of the fighter towards the possible direction of the enemy.
I mean in the grand scheme of any given battle space, X-band radar stealth is only really relevant to enemy aircraft, and due to the way IFF works the J20 is stealthy enough, and platforms like the F22 are purely overkill.
I think the interviewee know more about stealthy then you. The Canards is not aligned with the other control surfaces you can see that in the frontal view of the fighter. You need to go back to physics class. radar waves can but absorbed and cancel. Sure you can't create or destroy energy but you can change it form. So that how absorption work.
@@operatorsenko8291 mitigate what exactly? What have they done? Do you mean: a. Colonialism against indigenous people? b. Slavery and genocide against indigenous people? c. Racial discrimination against their own citizens? d. Launch disastrous wars in the name of anti theorists? The list goes on
Yeah, without Awacs and air tankers the USAF would be in big trouble. It is looking like the J-20 may have a range of around 2,000miles, so massive area denial, and the ability to approach in stealth to strike any targets within 2,000miles of a Chinese airfield is a massive defensive advantage.
@@1983jarc Yes absolutely, and it's why I think the fact it may not be perfectly stealthy or as stealthy as the F-22 is kind of a moot point. It is good enough to do the job, and good enough to strike on its terms. The fact it may lose stealth when turned away for instance, doesn't matter. If the J-20 is turned away from you, it most likely already fired weapons, weapons that also outrange American weapons, and is now cruising at speed and distance. A distance that also wouldn't be visible without awacs, which is now destroyed. So hypothetically if F-22 were even airborne and nearby, they would be in no place to intercept, and now would be left without awacs or refueling. I honestly don't know how you counter this approach, it is very smart.
@@-Zevin- The US navy is apparently talking about using smaller tanker drones to replace large tankers in highly contested airspace, not sure what they can do with AWACs though. Maybe some kind of networked drone constellation?
@@-Zevin- This really sounds like a smart strategy. Fundamentally, it's because the purpose of PLAAF and USAF is very different. Around the first island chain which is way closer to China, USAF'd better to control as much air space as possible to protect its heart - aircraft carriers, but China doesn't need to as it has land airports and land-based air defence system. PLAAF can even give up some air space control to USAF but focus on finding ways to destroy critical USA targets. I am thinking of China can deploy a few J20 groups to solely target at USAF's Awacs and air tankers, meanwhile a large numbers of cheaper J10, J11, J16 planes to grab a lot attention of F22, F35, F18 or even drain out USAF's missiles loaded for the first battle. Awacs and air tankers would then become as easy as training targets for J20. Then USAF... cannot image. Seems like the rest USAF fighters have to fight blindly by themselves. If USAF wants to keep their Awacs and air tankers safe, they need to be flying way far from the core area of the battle, which makes them not that useful then. So when there's no generation gap between PLAAF and USAF's technology, it seems very difficult for USAF to win or not lose big around the first island chain. Apparently, USA needs to make effort in largely increasing weapon quantities to be able to continue blocking China inside the first island chain. But it's also obvious the White House does not have this amount of military spending unless it decides to go on the crazy $$ printing without worrying about an unbearable economic consequence.
Great video as always. Though as a DCS player i would ve be happy if you ask for his opinion on the capabilities of the JF17 and its performance since its partly chinese as well
JF 17 is a cheap export model. Just a look at it tells, that's its barely in the class of supersonic fighters. It's most comparable to something like KF-50 or whatever Koreans call that trainer jet with afterburners. This is why Chinese aren't buying it, only Pakistan and Nigeria. Funnily this is another one with a foreign engine, RD-93 courtesy of Klimov.
@@piotrgrzelak2613 There is a lot wrong with what you have stated. It is currently underpowered with the RD93 but it's a BVRAAM/Aesa equipped multi role aircraft that's available at a fraction of the price of almost all of its peers. It takes the place of aircraft like the F5 / J7 / Mig21 Also it has been purchased by those looking to replace legacy Chinese platforms. So Myanmar/Nigeria and Pakistan are operating them. Azerbaijan ,Argentina ,Malaysia and a number of African countries are looking at the plane to purchase because its free of sanctions by Western powers.
@@keysersoze3427 You don't understand what makes a fighter jet capable. It's a small aircraft even for single engine fighters, therefore it can't take a lot of ordnance, which is crucial in every mission, air to air too. It's slower and climbs lower than true air dominance fighters, it has short range, plus the energy output and radar array diameter are pathetic against a flanker or an f-15 and jf17 would be shit on in any engagement with them. Aesa radars aren't magical, they are also limited by electrical energy available on board and array size, how heavy can the computers for it be, etc. This plane is just too small for the first or second world, which is why it only found customers in the third one. Plus Russians can always block the engine export, China doesn't have a ready replacement.
@@piotrgrzelak2613 Again it's meant to replace the F7. So instead of a point defence fighter with SRAAM the airforce That get it will have BVRAAM AESA and a multi role capability. Chinese have the WS13 in the pipeline for some time now so the Russians can ban away. Funnily enough they are developing the RD93MA probably because they know a good market is developing. This will allow a larger payload and more capability. Also you are forgetting that a Flanker with its massive RCS is a sitting duck for aircraft like the JF17 in a netcentric environment.
Another high quality video. We certainly need more of these videos, especially with Justin and Dr. Franke. Would love to see this deep analysis of air forces continue--the USAF/USN/USMC (if you didn't cover that already), the Royal Air Force, the Indian Air Force, the Israeli Air Force, etc.
As a Chinese, i also found your video very informative yet surprising neutral (comparing to everything else written in English). It is very difficult not to make a biased opinion for such video yet you guys managed to do it. 👍 Another fact, last year one of the military analyst (I have been following for many years) in social media commented that "China is like 10 years behind US in military air power and technology. 😂 I am not sure if the US had to make a China look like a great military power so that they can build more nuclear sub or China's military capacity advanced so fast in a year or two. Anyway your video is probably the most unbiased stuff I could find in the internet in English world 🌍 peace
JF-17 is an interesting plane it can do any role well but lacks the range so you need two drop tanks and have to pick between air or ground attack. The next block has more weapons pylons I think which will improve the plane a lot and make it truly multi role. One thing I think it has going for it is how easy it is to learn and fly. I bought it in dcs flight sim and it’s very intuitive to learn vs something like A10 or F-16. It has really nice off the shelf western style glass cockpit, so it feels like you are flying a modern leer jet with weapons, so it’s way easier to learn fast compared to something like F-16. It has cool selection of modern anti ship and other good anti air and air to ground weapons. You could probably train people to fly these planes in 1/8th or 1/4 of time of other planes which seems like a under appreciated factor. In huge peer to peer war as we’ve seen previously pilots are often in short supply in previous wars. I imagine in a scenario something like ww2 where they are coming off the assembly line daily and you need them on the front fast, this ease of learning would be a good trait.
Excellent video idea. Very informative. Very professional. And the information is good and useful information. There is a lot of junk information floating around out there.
I’m curious as to just how much experience the American pilots have in real battles given they were air dominant from the very start in all of the fights they picked. They haven’t fought a Mike Tyson yet, they fought a bunch of light weights and they think they’ve seen all? I think the undeserved confidence is probably gonna be their biggest enemy. Underestimating your opponents is the biggest no no in a fight.
@AY J You have half the planes America has, 3000+ F35s are being built within the next 10 years, counting the new US NGAD fighter you'll never match the USA in air power. Keep dreaming, you'll be replaced by India for manufacturing.
Very few modern pilots have real combat- air to air experience. Probably the last large scale fighter to fighter combat was with the Brits in the Falklands over 40 years ago - the Brits never lost a Harrier and that was probably down to training.
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Chris, maybe you should have put up a warning for the comments under this video.. It's not pretty
In reference to 7:47 I find it quite hilarious how military equipment is touted in movies like Transformers or the F35 in the most recent Die hard movie not fond of this propaganda at all....
Minor nitpick: It is not the airforce of the country of China. It is the airforce of the Chinese communist party.
@@firesupport162 I think you missed the sarcastic part of that sentence.
when they are able to develop jet engines that equal or better Russians then they are not a threat ... this is all down to the military trying to justify demanding more cash from a bankrupt country with nearly 150% debt and rising fast
These types of long form interviews show exactly where youtube can absolutely blow traditional media out of the water. Listening to long interviews without commercial interruption on military technology is practically a religion, (at least to me), and are hard to find outside of TH-cam. New sub earned here!
Please allow me to join your religion. What are other channel on that matters you would recommend?
Currently i watched Military history visualized /not visualized
@@dimasakbar7668 Millenium 7 * is a fantastic channel for detailed dives into old and new technology. He has a masters in aeronautical engineering and the stuff in his videos is hard to find elsewhere. I really love his documentaries on old Cold-War era planes.
@@dimasakbar7668 curious Droid is another one I would recommend. Along with covert cabal
Complete agree!
You said it, a bit of digging and there are some cracking shows here.
No China or America bad mantra, straight forward commentary about his topic and unbiased analysis. We need more channels like you on TH-cam.
How you come to conclude that this is an unbiased analysis is puzzling. There are an endless list of statements that place China squarely as the bad guy; from allegations of stealing western technology on a scale unbeknown before, to China being a threat to the US. All these are presented as if they are statement of facts without an iota of proof or evidence.
@@stephenlock7236 I think it is pretty much well documented. If you don't see China as a threat good luck to you.
@@stephenlock7236 Probably because they are analyzing the PLAAF. If they were analyzing the US, they'd also cite all of the spying the US does as well as the threat the US poses (especially where they can invade from).
@@stephenlock7236 If you consider any of these allegations as painting China as the bad guy then that's honestly on you. China is obviously the main threat to the US by the simple fact that it is the biggest emerging economy and military not squarely in the US' alliance network. Who gives a shit about industrial espionage as a moral denominator, it is mentioned in the video that all sides are doing it and it is not hard to figure out why China does it so much, its technological base used to be quite far behind its contemporaries. It doesn't need any evidence to confirm such self-evident thesis
What I will give you is that he clearly talks about this from a western perspective, given that he works for the British government this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. But he really does keep the value judgements down as far as possible from that point on.
I watched this video because I wanted non-biased insight into China's capabilities. With other videos, the attitude is either "Oh, they're trash, pfft." or "Oh no, World War III starts tomorrow!" I just want a sober assessment. Thanks for delivering and keep up the good work!
Exactly, most of these clowns including the muppet Binkov are delusional when it comes to assessing real capabilities of the big 3. Every channel paints a picture of if the U.S goes to war with China we should be prepared to meet Mao's Red Army on the battlefield.
@@davidmoss2576 To be honest, I don't actually know how well China would do. Not saying it would do bad or crush the Western powers, just that I don't know. The last conflict they had was with Vietnam in the 70's and if I remember right it didn't go brilliantly, while the American's have been in constant conflict since, and as such been able to test their new technology and weapons. I just think the Chinese don't have enough practical combat experience to be able to point the finger at the Americans and call themselves superior
@@princeendymion9044 So that's why PLA have several war games with action and live ammunition
instead of invading other countries.
@@joserizal4126 Regardless of why they invade, the point is the Americans have a hell of a lot more experience both with symmetrical and asymmetrical warfare. The US proved how quickly they can defeat a country traditionally in the Gulf War, since that's what the US military is built to face. the problem I have with China is for the most part it's all bark and no bite, if they want a conflict they can start one, but if not they can shut up and build up quietly. There's only so much you can learn academically and using training scenarios that most likely are always run in favour of the Chinese military, never in a situation where they might be disadvantaged
@@princeendymion9044 You are correct, but the PLA don't want to kill anyone, if possible. That' s Chinese philosophy. FYI, in last year's border conflict of cold weapons, the PLA lost four people and more than 20 Indian soldiers were killed.
Once again Justin does an interview while flying a Fighter jet. What a legend
It's like having a car bed 🚗 🛌 as a child, it's badass 😎
Was he realy flying a jet?? I thought it was a funny background but so hard to tell these days
@@moonbear2130 Its real
It really adds to his credibility.
He was not flying. His vertical takeoff fighter and wingmen were hovering while he was giving this valuable speech.
This ruled. So much stupid noise on this topic, happy to see something simple and straightforward
The information provided here is incredibly refreshing
I'm really tired of that "Chinese products are a decade behind US design" bullshit
@@looinrims And...Which specific aircraft are you referring to...?
@lxIceRaptorzzl 1 Lmao, you trust the Indian border report bullshit, didn’t you
The J20 that got detected there isn’t even equipped with luneburg lens
If you don’t even know what luneburg lens are , then please stop shit posting around
@lxIceRaptorzzl 1 what about Israeli f 35 that got detected by Syrian air defense
@lxIceRaptorzzl 1 SU 57 itself are still not mass produce yet and will took until 2027 to produce 70 unit of su 57.
Meanwhile J-20 already entered service and in 2020 it already produce 150 unit
@lxIceRaptorzzl 1 Well，I think you should know that Chinese also detected F-22 in many years ago.
To me this is the best Military channel to date. Objective analysis. Refrained from demonizing China unlike the rest. Don't bad mouth China military capability. In depth knowledge. Certainly a class above Warthog Defense, Covert Cabal and Defense Update. Of the three, the worst is Defense Update.
Most if not all the insults are from Americans, Westerners or other nationalities that bought into the whole pro-West BS even though if you look at history, the actions of the West are far more "evil" than that of China.
@Goosa Poosa Best Indian defense channels are defense matrix and defence decode. But both are in hindi.
The difference between experts and Fox/CNN/Abc “experts”.
@@dickmelsonlupot7697 The pro-West BS does undermine China's capability as an up and coming superpower, but that doesn't mean China is less evil than the west. Under Communist China's short history alone oppressed and killed millions of people far more than the west in the same time period.
@Goosa Poosa
Ahhhh the Arjun.....the supposedly *BESTEST* tank in the world that can destroy the M1 Abrams
Remember how Japan grew their economy by copying, improving, and reducing the price of just about everything before innovating on their own.
that is how anyone learns isn't it? First you look at what others do...follow in their footsteps...after you get some experience, you can form your own ideas...
Germany also did the same. Why 'Made in Germany' was at first infamous for bad quality but also cheap products in the 19th century.
Basically every civilizations in history.
Correct.
you have to cultivate an innovative (and questioning) culture with it though, that never happened with Soviet R&D and has not happened with Chinese R&D either
I knew a senior military personnel from Singapore and he told me that China's military is so much more powerful and advance than how some western fanboys were playing it down. As Thailand had constant joint air force exercise with China, Thailand was totally shocked by how powerful and capable the Chinese fighters were. Thailand operates the Saab Gripen and the Chinese jets were comparable to western fighters. Besides the engine which the Chinese is still improving, Chinese jets had overtaken the Russians in many aspects especially their avionics.
Besides the air force, Chinese most deadly arsenal is their hypersonic long range missiles which is way ahead of the US! US was too complacent on their missiles development!
We need professional and honest reviews like these, not some the fanboy's club bullshit putting lots of technical jargons copy and paste on their remarks as if the Chinese was still a rag tag army like 70 years ago during the Korean war.
Finally a video about the Chinese PLAAF that isn’t voiced by a monotoned ai
finally someone who's not a ignorant ass.
@@lolasdm6959 hardly
All those videos are made by Indians copy pasting wiki articles.
@@orneryokinawan4529 Well at least he knows way more than ai voiced channels.
And the information isn't retarded, usually it's baised heavily against or heavily in favour of one side.
Good shit, the definition of specialist acronyms were a big help.
I had enough of the incessant propoganda and misinformation from NYT or worse, Fox news. This sort of self delusion only leads to self destruction like in the now defunct USSR
Finally could hear an intelligent qualified analyst give his no BS professional opinion.
@DavidJG Fox News is even worse
@DavidJG these are equally as bad but fox news is just on another level of bullshit
Yeagh I really liked that. I feel like doing a google search on those terms and learning more.
"Russia is a crisis management problem" Crisis not managed, repeat crisis not managed
In the long run it will be whatever happens in dombass. Russia's army will never be able to wage another war in the former eastern europe perimeters because russian losses are too high and russian demographic is just too low. China in the other hand is 1;5 billions strong with complete integration within global capitalism. If XiJiping doesn't mess everything with his return to a totalitarian regim, China will keep being the most powerful challenger of the USA until the next 30 years if they don't become the most powerful country at all before suffering from huge population drop because of the aging of their population.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is a breath of fresh air. Someone actually explaining what is really going on.
Yes, I am looking forward to future updates from him.
Now you need the check Chinese latest J-16D, worth a shot. Oh, don't forget the drones like WJ-8, WJ-7, CH-6 etc.
Dont believe any if them they can say anything they want .
I would like to hear then talking about evil america n evil endia instead .
Many individual had said many biased reports against China will evil , crooked double standard intention .
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Why are u guys so interested in making false accusation against China when all these weapons have been in America but u guys didn't say anything about america n endia having these weapons
@@heavengod8650 didn't get your point in term of "Why are u guys so interested in making false accusation against China when all these weapons have been in America but u guys didn"
Justin is always a joy to listen to, thank you for having him on again.
Ay. Top bloke. Excellent. The whole video overall too. One grumble:
A hard balance for an air-focused channel of course ...... but ....... Chris FFS stop interupting Justin when he's giving the geo-political background because you're worried folk will dip out if you don't cut to the planes.
The audience for an analysis of this weight is not so impatient or too dim to stay the course.
it is!!
Yes and with an unusual name ' Bronk ' .
What did he say about the dude doing a chinese refueling sortie? Did he say the USAF was subordinate to the PLAAF in that regard? Didn't understand his point about that.
@@name_dropper8112 the china mission was the refuiling, in american missions they do sorite/training/dogfight and then refuiling.
Refuiling planes are pretty rare if you look at total frames in china airforce so doing and airrefuiling was advanced for china pilots.
It's also important to realize that Chinese engineering, despite often borrowing design queues, isn't a joke; many of their engineers are US-educated and just as capable as anybody.
Yap, China has been in a very "cold war" stance with the US long before this....hacking on government/industrial entities, spying, stealing IP's, anti-west/US propaganda, "Thousand Talents Plan" program ..There more than 350,000 Red Chinese "students" inside the US universities with access to it's million dollars of facilities and research funds.....these university research laboratories are the "soul" of the technical prowess of the USA...this is where of some of the most important medical and science breakthrough in America comes from (from the Fluoride toothpaste, seat belts, radio, TV, computer, google, internet, GPS, touchscreens, rocket fuel, most of the world’s most important vaccines, to the artificial heart...in fact most of everything we have in the world today all came from research inside these US universities)......and China steals these million dollars worth of research and development for free.
I mean a very large portion of our (USA) engineers are Chinese.
@@Gongolongo Your bosses have 👁👁 both of your responses.
@@Gongolongo For sure. European Americans, African Americans are busy to do the self gender analysis.
@@Gongolongo most of all of my classes were white, it’s a myth that most engineers are asian. Asians tend more to the medical field than engineering, engineering is too creative and medical field is more memorization
As someone who served the PLA ground force as a lieutenant but have a father who served PLAAF as a pilot, I appreciate your information. I hardly see any informative content of the PLA on TH-cam.
In terms of quality, PLAF is already superior to USAF. J16>F15ex, J10c>F16v, J20>F22/35. PL15>AIM120, PL10e=AIM9X. The only disadvantage is quantity.
@@aburetik4866 That is a bit optimistic and I don't think any Chinese military fan would firmly take that as something serious…
@@user-sx2we1xe5q not at all as a matter of fact
@@qimengzhang2836 等一下……这个否定的是他还是……否定我的否定……
@Elwin no, you get a couple nationalist fans everywhere in mainland China.
China is at home in Asia. Western power are the visitors & interlopers. Advantage China.
Visit due to WW2 japanese massacre of chineese. WEST WILL NEVER LEAVE!!
Our good old Asia-Pacific region is now referred to as "Indo-Pacific", and soon it would be known as "Anglo-Pacific" region. 🤔
For hard truths, pls read informative multi-pages 'Ole Fella' comment on TH-cam at,
"China-US tensions: A closer look at the Five-Eyes intelligence partnership / CGTN".
@@WakingTheWoke1963 , until the West will be kicked out of Asia which will happen soon in your lifetime!
@@tellthetruth5699 He'll will freeze over first. UShas too much blood and treasure invested. Not to mention PRC can not survive without American market. PRK survival is tied to Dollar and won't sacrifice that. They are an export nation they need buyers. Our overwhelming Military naval might tied to all Asian pacific nations hold absolute control China is a paper Tiger. They fear their own people more than all.
@@WakingTheWoke1963 Complete and utter nonsense. The Chinese are a manufacturing giant and produce anything they need. We in the U.S can't produce nearly as much and nowhere as cheap. Even with manufacturing coming back to the US the prices will never make sense. We have an outstanding Navy but it is finite. It is only a matter of time before we are pushed out of the Pacific, get use to it.
Have to to subscribe since this is the only military channel I have seen in youtube that no bias,no smear , no double standards against China…
Outstanding video. You and Justin are to be commended for a great discussion on a difficult topic. It goes along with a presentation that I saw on the Chinese naval militia with the Chinese desire to defend their coast by pushing potential attackers back further into the Pacific.
Why criminal America is creating propaganda and fake news against China? because Chinese economy is surpassing American economy soon. Western powers want to rule the World and Asia forever so they create fakes news and terrorists to create confusion, chaos, civil Wars in CHINA and India(divide and rule policy of the Western powers)..World's 95% terrorists were created by American spy agency CIA............./////////////,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,................
America was founded on slavery and genocide, white man success was build on stolen loot in the name of Jesus, said one Hindu, they commit toms of evil earn tons of gold made women and children suffer in the hell to become successful country, since 1776 America only 20 years didn't attack other countries, they are war addict, they always instigate conflict always commit unspeakable atrocities, America is a threat to world peace.
This is among the most fascinating videos on the channel. Great work!
Thanks so much!
It is amazing that anyone could still consider the Chinese as backwards, in military technology. Today's China is the same China that has a respectable space program - they have successfully landed unmanned exploration craft on the Moon - that is not an achievement to thumb your nose at. Even if the Chinese Air Force could only manage a kill ratio of 2:3 in America's favor, that would be a significant setback to US air power in the region, and perhaps even a kill ratio of 1:2 in the US' favor would still allow China to deny regional airspace to the United States. As your guest Justin Bronk makes clear, the Chinese only need to achieve parity with the West to obtain their goals, not supremacy. Concerning the Chinese Air Force's previous adherence to tactical manuals, it reads a bit like the Royal Navy's adherence to the Fighting Instructions and the Line Ahead formation - but it appears China is not waiting for a Nelson to free them from "the book". Lastly, Western contempt of China's airpower seems to echo the contempt that the West - or at least America - had for Japanese pilots and aircraft, on the Eve of Pearl Harbor...
Not forgetting if China and the US did have a war there would be a good chance it would drag in Russia at some point.
This would then involve NATO and Russia in Europe and from that point we are in potential Armageddon territory 😔
@@nigeh5326 have fun when 2026 rolls around 😂
The west considering china backwards militarily works to china’s advantage.
U. S. S. R. military lost because of economic reasons not military power. China has the same problem.
US actually outnumbers China in combat aircraft, though (by a wide margin). Also, the US Pacific fleet, by itself and without reinforcement from the rest of the Navy, already has more naval tonnage and more combat power than the entire Chinese navy. China can't afford to take heavy losses because they don't have the #'s. The old "quantity has a quality of its own" adage might have worked for China in the Korean War, but this won't work for them in a modern conflict.
"the large scale of Chinese espionage, theft of information is just on a completely different scale."
Am I a joke to you Fish & Chips Boy? - NSA 😂
Can't steal what isn't worth having.
@otto Lincoln he drank the Kool-aid xD
The CIA literally spent billions of dollars recovering chunks of a sunk Soviet submarine. In terms of money the US spends way more on espionage than any other country.
Plus he admitted that everyone spies and steals military stuff from everyone else, so by that logic all of NATO countries spies on and steals military secrets from other NATO countries R&D, and Russia does the same to China.
Same same Pots and Kettles are black. Why single out China? All are Copy Cats 🐱 🐱 🐱
So why would the US worry about the air forces of countries that are half way around the world ?
Cause the US have vowed to defend Taiwan and China says it will take it by military force if all else fails.
Japan and Australia are the USAs buffer zone and Taiwan dont want to be part of China.
US is afraid they might lose a customer…
@@WolfOfLosAngeles
formal name of Taiwan is Republic of China (ROC). Explain that.
@@vennsim71 Simple fact
What an incredibly well done video! Not many talk about the PLAAF and it's rapidly expanding capabilities, and this video provided an awesome in depth look in an easy to understand manner. Thank you.
J-20 is a really good-looking aircraft. I love the delta wing + canards combination.
Yup. Because it was designed by Wind tunnel. Nature creates beautifulness which human can sense it. Meanwhile only the master of art can handle it in painting Or sculpting. Apparently China reached that level. I wonder what's the next.
Wait until you get blown to hell by it. Then you’ll really love it. Communist China is not playing around. There will be war in the near future.
@@mrnoedahl I really hope not. However lets be real, if there is one, it will be the west that starts it not China.
@Blue Reaper well so you means two wings are copied from F22?
@@mrnoedahl Do you find any Chinese military bases around US? Count how many US military bases around China.
The "Oh, it's just a copy" makes me think of the nonchalance towards Imperial Japan's military designs/products, such as the A6M "Zero", prior to WW2.
Copy, improve, innovate. The unoffical motto of the imperial Japanese navy.
This in a nutshell
This is what you do to catch up. Few countries had the privilege that the US had of directly abducting foreign scientists and having advanced tech built for them.
@@yaz2928 didnt the Soviets have spies take the Manhattan Project secrets?
China sometimes making unlicensed copies of other countries equipment?
What makes the US special in this regards?
@@fulcrum2951 What makes the US special in this regard is that it spends more on espionage than the rest of the world combined, we are talking tens of billions of dollars (inflation-adjusted) over the years. Look up at how the CIA recovered bits of a sunk Soviet submarine, how they outright stole a Hind gunship from Libya.
By the way this is actual theft. China got most of its military tech from licensing agreements with the Soviet Union, whereby the USSR allowed China to build its tech at a fee. Copies in this instance are not theft.
the J-20 looks like what you'd see in a Command &Conquer game or some sci fi near future game but some Chinese designer said lets make it now! It is by far one of the most unique looking planes out there for military purposes
Did they manage to get the engines on it to work properly yet? 🤔
@@idleeric8556 Actually yes. They are using indigenous engines now and are seen in regular CAP nowadays.
@@Gongolongo CAP? Do you mean Close Air Support? The Chinese Air Force uses the J-20’s for CAP? 🤔 And how often are they seen? And by whom?
@@idleeric8556 combat air petrol Lmao + skill issue + ratio + get good
@@idleeric8556 It was encountered by F35s once in the SCS, so you better believe there are more of em.
If America don't bully others where is the problem.
When other countries progress and are focused on themselves for their bright future, it is automatically a threat to U. S 😹😹😹😹😹😹
In the case of the CCP, yes they are very much a threat
Whenever we think US would start to put more focus on China, Putin does something crazy, every single time.
I love these types of videos. This is exactly what I’m looking for as a viewer and subscriber! Keep it up👍
The most informative video I have seen on current PLAAF capability. Top video.
Totally ignores the fact that their pilots have zero combat experience, their leadership has zero combat experience, no living veterans of wars for their NCOs, none of their equipment has been battle-tested, none of their supply chains, command and control infrastructure, their communications tech, have been battle tested...
The training they all get is sub-standard. Basically if a war with China breaks out and lasts longer than 2 weeks, China will be devastated and then turn to its nukes to scorch the earth because that's the kind of butthurt weasels the CCP are.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 The fact that someone doesn't mention something directly, doesn't mean that they didn't talk about it. If you've listened closely you could basically hear all your critisms on West Taiwans air force, but it just wasn't mentioned out loud.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 the only combat experience us pilots has is against guerrilla fighters with no air force or anti air capability. Don't think that's gonna help a whole bunch against a modern foe with those capabilities
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 none of that seemed to matter when the Chinese forced the the US into an embarrassing retreat at Chosin in Korea right back to the 38th? And that was in the 50’s. Just imagine the same war today. Hmmmmm Americans have short memories it seems…
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Stalemate in Korea, Lost the war in Vietnam, Lost the war in Afghanistan, Abandoned the Kurds, abandoned your afghan allies, abandoned your Vietnamese allies, Iraq now infested with ISIS, yeah - the US really have some good experience 🤣
J20 pilot on Chinese open media claimed he has passed Miyako Strait and Bashi Channel to the west Pacific for training which it has never been reported or followed by Japanese or Taiwan AF. J20 low detective capacity can be proven.
Propaganda!!!
Well even J20 drop bombs, no countries will know until too late.
Pretty sure it’s propaganda
@@kronk3892 Michigan? Salute!
sure he did 😉
Thank you Justin and Chris for another informative interview. The People's Liberation Army Air Force is rarely talked about by western air force enthusiasts, same goes for the Indian Air Force that was also mentioned in the video. Maybe you could cover them next?
Hey, thanks so much. Will see what I can do :)
@@MilitaryAviationHistory hi nice video really learned a lot about PLAAF any video on IAF in future their challenges and where they stand aganist china
@@MilitaryAviationHistory an interesting read would be about the Folland Gnat and the not so smooth Marut designed byThe Kurt Tank(It eventually never reached supersonic due to the underperforming British engines which were available but the plane was designed with supersonic capabilities in mind). :|
@@nevergonna....7066 india only has one jet that is indigenous , even that is just being procured by their own air force.
India doesn't produce a lot of aircraft, which is probably why their air force has been overlooked.
I’ve been waiting so long for this. Ever since the russian video
Thanks for waiting :)
Read an interesting article last week. Basically saying that the Russians should focus on the SU-30M3 rather than the SU-35. As the formers has almost the same capabilities as the former at a far lower cost. Thus saving money to purchase more Su-57s and the new SU-75.
@@Mugdorna I don't know what Su-30M3 is. The latest modification they ordered is called Su-30SMD and has the exact same engines and radar as Su-35, to make them both totally compatible. It only has an extra person inside, I doubt it's cheaper at all.
You must be joking that China has to coerce Cambodia. First, there is no territorial dispute between China and Cambodia. Next, Cambodia is the biggest supporter of China among the ASEAN countries. Lately, Cambodia chased away the U.S. and invited the Chinese to upgrade an important commercial port on its coast.
I love that this channel dont just bashed at what china has made today, But they analyzed it and see the progress of it and even saw the potentials it has. Just because a plane or carrier that china released to service today has a lacking quality or that it added nothing new to its class, doesnt mean it wont be a threat in 5 or 10 years later. Now that's something to think about.
This is exactly why i subscribed to this channel!
@A Fels I wouldn't mind him to do that for every well rated plane to do that.
You can say the same for America during WW2.
The Sherman and the rest of the armoured vehicles were shhhhttt.
Shermans couldn't even fight properly against Tigers or fully equipped Panzer IVs.
The only effective Sherman in the European theatre was the Firefly.
Yet they won because Shermans outnumbered the Tigers and Panzers and pretty much drowned them with numbers.
And funny enough, the Russian T-34 is actually far better than the Shermans.
Even with Navies, the Royal Navy was far better than the US Navy.
As for the Airforce, the only great plane America had was the Mustang but the Mustang's history was complicated with it being a failure and pure ssshhhhhtttt but only became good when they tried experimenting and put a British engine in the hood.
Realistically speaking, the planes the Navy had especially for it's carriers weren't that good. They were only slightly better than the Japanese Zeroes.
Plus the fact that they already know the disadvantages of Zeroes, have made methods and tactics to combat them, the shhhttt load of planes they managed to produce and the fact that Japan had the dummbbeessttt set of leaders who didn't take advantage and maintain their superior Zeroes properly is what helped the Navy win.
In fact, American AAs were what shot down most of the Imperial Japanese Navy's planes and ironically enough most of their AAs aren't theirs or weren't their inventions.
Much of their AAs (like the Orleikon 20mm and the Bofors 40mm) are Swiss/Italian and Swedish respectively.
@@dickmelsonlupot7697 I think you are wrong about Tiger IV and Panzer IV tanks being superior to Sherman and that is was a swarm kinda like how Soviets get the bad wrap of “swarming”
I have some points for the Sherman being better in terms of combat ability theoretically by the specs on Wikipedia
I feel the Sherman has a bigger gun therefore more penetration
It also has more mass specifically around 4 tons maybe more so theoretically heavier so slower/less fuel efficient but maybe more armor
I can’t find kill ratios but I see that at least 7100 Sherman’s were destroyed on the western front maybe more but this is only UK/US death of tanks/crews combined
yeah but like I highly doubt there were more than 400 tiger tanks, and that’s being kind, and it’s variants in the western front 44-45 pulling numbers out of my ass but I seriously believe most would have been annihilated from 41-44
German armor like a starving organism lacked nutrition/material for mass manipulation anywhere in the projectiles, in the energon juice, armor, literally nutrition, etc
Of course yeah more than tanks but tldr
TLDR
How can panzer IV be better when it’s smaller in terms of penis/gun and mass/ass basically less penetration & less protection
And the tiger tanks.. how many were even operational sounds like some myth or urban legend not dying I really don’t know but you make this claim of tiger tanks being superior to the Sherman in an actual tank battle I just don’t know
@@mkkk1058
There are different versions of the Panzer IV and we were to pit the earliest Panzer IVs with that snub nose gun with an early or mid war then yeah maybe the Sherman might have a chance.
But for a mid-1943, 1944 or 1945 version of the Panzer IV like the Ausf.J, 10/BW or the Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G (Germans hate names and love numbers so don't get confused since you're not the only one), then the Sherman even the M4A4 ones would either be brutally murdered or at least had a rough time going up against a Panzer Battalion.
Plus the Shermans weren't armored that greatly. For the most part, their skin is only 12.7mm thick and around 177.8mm on it's thickest location (which is at the side but only when attacked on it's slanted angle). And the Sherman's guns aren't that powerful and lacked range. Even the doctrine and strategies for use of the Shermans highly advice them to use their speed to their advantage and not act like tank killers. The only theatre they were doing actual good on their own is the Pacific theatre since Japanese tanks were weak and underdeveloped since money was funneled more to the Navy.
And sure, there weren't a lot of Tigers back then but even with their fewer numbers, the kills they rack up when they are there is visibly apparent (of course if they survive or not get attacked by fighters or bombers or if their Jew-made parts weren't failing).
And in terms of quality for parts, America may have a slight advantage especially with the fact that many Panzer, Tiger and other stuff were basically Jew-made or POW-made (meaning slaves who may not be the best workers) especially during the mid to late stages of the war, then the German parts may end up failing or have problems but in terms on paper or even on actual combat, they actually do reign supreme than the Shermans.
The only reason the Western allies stood a chance is because, like I said, due to their immense numbers and the aid of the Air Force especially the fighters and bombers who can exploit all tank's weakness which is the top armor. Plus tank destroyers like the M10 helped in the fight as well.
.American sordid selfishness considers any country that wants to live a threat. TO HELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR DEVIL ELITE
I think this is one of those things where we think we know but we actually don’t. Remember when they said America would be able to handle a pandemic and China is just going to collapse. Yeah, I think we’ll only know for sure when that time comes
Thats my thought too. It would be a mistake to think that China cant do theatre warfare. Its not like command and control during the 50s and 60s where the chinese army didnt even have rank in the armed forces and think like the Soviets with command coming from the centre. Its modern warfare now, dude.
@@Praetorian157A Even without rank and C&C ability the chinese still beatback the vietcongs. Something that the US never managed to do with what everyone beliere to be better equipement.
@@hallo84 Didn't the Chinese army who push the American from their boarder for almost 180miles back to Seoul in Korean war?
@@mikexhotmailChina still had rank during the Korean war. They experimented with total equality during the 70s when rank and insignia was removed so that the officers and the average soldier dressed and ate the same. It did run into issues when the commanding officers dies in combat since they had confusion as to who is the next highest ranking officer to take the chain of command but that is only temporary.
make sense.
To the "expert" featured in this interview: J10 is a medium-weight fighter jet and certainly NOT their F16 which is actually a lightweight fighter and somewhat on the way out.
Keep coping
I love how Justin has this bad habit of saying something which sounds like pure propaganda, realizing it immediately after, then correcting
Wow, literally the first time hearing some one talking about Chinese’s military capabilities in a more serious tone. So it seems to me that now they have both the quantity and the quality….
As a Chinese here) going to say no, the quantity is still very sad, for quality… check the amount of J-10A that is still in service and J11B at the same time, these are like early 90s level of product while still massive in service. And count the percentage of J7 and J8 in the services…
@@CCC-if2jx I think China foresee that it kind of wasteful spending to build enough quantity in one shot since their r&d is advancing rapidly. It will end up just like F-22/35 that may out of service or obsolete with out the chance to fight in serious air war. China is not ready and may not need to be ready if their can hang on long enough.
Actually there are not many advanced aircraft. Dammn you guys have no idea how much the Chinese Internet and people's Congress fight each year about increasing military spending
@@CCC-if2jx f 16 is from the 70's
Against any serious opponent then every single plane in the Chinese military is going to get shot down very quickly. Very quickly indeed.
This was brilliant, so well delivered. Very much appreciated.
You cant make an enemy of someone who isnt threatening just because they are getting richer. This interviewee is talking on behalf the USilitary complex. Build a threat to sell your shit.
Great video, great guest, and very timely video. Chinese missiles like pl-15 and pl-21 not only outclass Russia but usa and the west. China's doctrine is different to usa and russia, and thus this is part of chinas general long range area denial strategy with standoff strike munitions and weapons.
Usa has no answer and is now scrambling, having dropped out of intermediate range missile treaty with Russia.
The USA has nothing to worry about Chinese air power; just stay out of SCS.
As a chinese, I don't see Justin as a professional commenter for he struggled for certifying his farfetched "chinese copy" theory, and his comments are far from the fact. The chinese laserguided bomb tech was initially imported from russia (as the picture showed, russian KAB-500 bomb) and couldn't be copied from the US for they had even no chance to touch one. The only lavi tech used on J-10 was fly-by-wire system because the IAI once worked as a contractor in the J-10 program, and you call it copy? It even looks totally different especially from the top.
The stg 44 was the inspiration for the ak47 they do look alike but function nothing like each other.. these things happen
A lot of insinuations here, not necessary really, 1) Debt trap, e.g. Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc all these countries owe China lots of money, have not heard China demanded money from them if so western media would not hesitate to report them, 2) Take away Water from African countries really, never happen? Stick to facts, analysis and opinion will suffice. And don't try to be a propagandist.
These are the facts: What REALLY happens British and American soldiers went into Afghanistan killing the Taliban, as a result, thousands upon thousands of Afghan citizens were killed and worse still millions upon millions of refugees pouring into the neighbouring countries. Millions of Afghans are suffering, have you consider that Dude? Both of you dudes should be embarass.
exciting, chinese on the western internet. rare
@@kenny9milli772 truth hurts, no reply to the actual comment?
@@Bexxxyable not my problem, i dont take sides here. i resent the west for what they have done, and if china does the same, i will resent them too
Why is the US worried about the PLAF? EZ answer, cz they are used to fighting enemies with barely any forms of air force and incompetent pilots with barely enough training and skill. The PLA suffers from neither of these faults.
to all of you in the comments, thank you for not being the cesspool in other military channels...those places are nasty
it would be FUN
if russia buys the J16 and then, tries to reverse the Reversed engineered plane. !
seriously wouldnt be surprised... china russia alliance learning and helping each other... beneficial for each other, would not be surprised to find out china helping russia with infrastructure and building docks or sharing docks etc... china and russia already sharing during the military war games and both indicate the "relationship being more than an alliance, a deep friend" china acting like a medic and bringing russia back online is beneficial for china and a joint deterrent for the west
Its not like they don't know how to make the flankers better already, they know the plane better than anybody, they are just short on cash.
funny enough, the Chinese clone of the RPD Machine Gun is actually better and more reliable than the original Russian version.
@@dickmelsonlupot7697 the type 56 ak is also considered better than the original 47 but not the akm.
@@Drownedinblood
anything is better than the original AK-47 since the -47 was pretty much just a prototype.
Everything after that were refined copies that used better or more cost-effective parts
Outstanding sir! Finally, a subject matter expert who provides an arbitrary assessment of the PLAF readiness posture.
As a Chinese, I'm so glad you are coving this topic and thanks for all the hard work and research!
As many said, the Indian Air Force is definitely what I hope to see next, not because all the Internet wars ongoing in the comment section, but their diverse fleet of aircraft, the one I'm most interested in is the carrier based Mig 29 because people say its capability can improve carrier operation efficiency, hope to see your take on that!
Are you a Chinese agent?
@@WilmerCook nah just a random Chinese guy who likes planes and stuff.
It will be interesting to see India’s transformation over the next 20 years as their economy expands as China’s has, enabling similar changes to their military that China is going through right now. It will also be interesting to see how the west responds and enables India to be an ever present force as China’s main info-pacific rival and counter.
@@krash4291 The Mig29 is the soviet counterpart to the F16.
It has more thrust to weight but relatively short range. Which makes it an weird choice for carriers.
I'd be more interested when the Indians would use their imported Rafales on carriers.
The French use theirs on carriers and it's surely an match for US carrier based F18's
Surely that would blunt the chinese navy since they can't use the J20's on carriers i assume.
@@WilmerCook are you spy for the west m
Great video! I really loved your last videos / interview with this guy too. If he has any other stuff bring him back.
US should not worry about China air-force, which is home-based and self-defense army of US is not going to invade China.
I'm going to need another video with Justin, he's amazing
Great interview! It upped my knowledge on Air Force tactics and PLAAF quite few notches!
It's true as implied that parts of this report will quickly need updating, but, this report's overall value is both immediate and lasting
Its so nice to have lived to see an age of media when practically anything about a rival power is NOT peppered with nationalist propaganda.
Japanese Self-Defense Force fighters scramble 1,000 times each year. almost against Chinese fighters.
"Japanese Self-Defense Force fighters scramble 1,000 times each year. almost against Chinese fighters." Not China's fault. Japan's air defense identification zone cover almost the entire western pacific ocean or China's coast line.
Soon Japan will develop weapons with the West. That will be a game-changer. China can't fight a planet that is against it.
Definitely more videos like this. This was incredibly engaging and fascinating.
The J-10 looks like an F-16 and Eurofighter had a baby
Thanks for the video, glad we have such professional coverage of this topic on youtube.
Me reading the title: Yeah, nice try. Who'd be stupid nuff to click on it? - obviously click bait.
Me noticing video's by Military Aviation History: I guess the answer is me.
Most Americans generally have these views of China's military machine : discrepid, tin-pot planes, inferior copied equipment, Papier-mâché missiles and so on and so on. These derisive dismissal of China' military equipment may come back to bite us where it hurts most...one day.
Russia and China aren't adversaries nor competitors! They have trillions worth of projects that are guaranteed to make both countries prosperous in future!
Military trade between the two is minimal compared to other deals they have!
CR929.
This comment is to all of those who keep commenting "CHINA IS FIVE DECADES AFTER THE USA!!"
They have their own very impressive production lines. in-fact, a lot of America military equipment is produced by the Chinese because labour costs.
Really doubtful that US mili gear are produced in China, though US may use Chinese metal and basic parts.
@@jensensean7118 Nah, some of the components for the Apache's optical system is produced by a sister company to Xiaomi.
@@jensensean7118 I was quite a big deal when some large amount of US’s battle uniform and boots are built in China and labeled as Made in US. Although the quality was unknown since DOJ didn’t give any, it’s still shocking how this happened. Also a lot of ballistic plate used in US military are built in China under sister company based in US, and Holosun, a big supplier of optics for US army is a Chinese-hold company. So Chinese built military gear in US Army, yes but just not in classified area
@@jensensean7118 A good chunk of body armour is produced using Chinese made material.
@@jensensean7118 50% of all electronics used in American warships are sourced from China.
Most customers of Chinese weapons complain that they are very unreliable and have multiple failures and not ready for a vigorous war and buying from turkey,back to Russia,India south Korea .
There’s no land dispute between China and Russia, all disputes were sorted in 2004.
Nor did the video claim that there is one.
Russian did not make but Xijinping claimed Vladivostok is Chinese territory.
@@dennythedavinchi3832 Xi never said that, Vladivostok used to be Chinese territory
@@hwg5039 but the land belongs to russia because of the treaty, right?
@@ariandixiiips558 Yes
I love learning about the China and there military, great video.
It would be interesting to see what they could do with the US budget, they would need to tripple theirs. Doudt if they need 10 years, their tech growth is phenominal
NATO defence budgets appear large by comparison because their biggest spend is manpower costs
They pay competitive rates to retain them otherwise they would go back to civilian life
China and Russia have conscript forces costing the minimum, they also are low labour cost countries so can make equipment and supplies cheaper than the West.
Basically for every dollar that China or Russia spends on defence, the Wesatern countries have to spend 2.5 times as much to be equal
So don’t be fooled by comparing US or NATO defence spending and thinking that it is huge compared to China or Russia, it is big in dollar terms but not in equipment or capability
Yes but at what stage of inflation of dollar.
Since you already did a video w/ Justin on the Russian and Chinese airforce, a video on the Indian airforce would also be fascinating.
Nah
What can be interesting? This at least shows evolution of aircrafts and engineering changes
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I am fairly new to this blog and I am really impressed and happy to see a younger generation of aviation enthusiasts proving such outstanding content. Keep up the great work Chris!
Very good analysis. He explained very well even a non military person can understand.
What I like about this is treating the issue as an evolving matter rather than fixed in time. The situation changes, the tactics changes, the equipment changes. With every advancement, there will be a counter. But I do feel looking at the trajectory, the pace of change will be driven in China
The pace of change could be brought to an almost completely standstill if the majority of world pulled the plug in financing. It would be painful for a bit but we do not need to have everything made in China. It's the billionaires who are risking world security when they could be investing in home counties
@@trevoror8668 Just capitalism doing what capitalism does, it's a self destructive force of greed. The ironic part is China is ditching the west not the other way around. They publicly stated their goals back in the 1980s. They would use foreign capitalist markets to allow them to catchup to the western powers. Playing off the greed of foreign business the Chinese would provide disciplined cheap massive labor forces. Yet the plan from the start was use this to develop the factories, the technology the experience. Once China had this industrial infrastructure and technology they would be in a position to overtake the west and transition to more socialism. That is exactly what we are seeing happen now, and the west is panicking. Hence all the anti Chinese propaganda. It's a desperate attempt by western powers and their wealthy corporations to demonize, scapegoat and undermine China in anyway they still can.
@@-Zevin- yes EVERY bad thing being said about china i a lie to you that is why there is a global call to stop forced human organ harvesting mass murder of people just for their hearts liver lungs kidneys eyes is ok for you it's just a lie being made up to take a swipe at the most evil country on this planet. The elephants rhinos tigers pangerlins all mean nothing to you it's just a lie to dig at the CCP. The building island all over the china sea is ok even though there's distinct countries with distinctive races of people who have lived there thousands of years But not really at all to you it was china all a long. Your name rather than zevin should be Richardhead
@@trevoror8668 This is particularly amusing considering the "organ harvesting" claims are a conspiracy theory that spread mostly on the internet and was started by the Falun Gong Cult. So you are quite literally spreading conspiracy theories from a literal cult, while mocking the idea that it could be false. That is very ironic.
@@-Zevin- you are behind the time there is at this moment and running until next Sunday a WORLD WIDE seminar involving almost every country calling for a complete investigation into the Proven case of murder for organ transplants. I would advise you watch epoch times they are broadcasting every speaker throughout next week this has been happening for the last 3 days already I'm sure you could catch up. You are supporting a criminal organisation that rivals the German slaughter houses of the second world war i.e. concentration camps except they simply murdered they weren't murdering for PROFIT
You are a sick sad individual. Good day
Excellent video, real eye opener.
One mistake I see is that the author of the article lacks a continuous understanding of the Chinese military. China has completed the military reform from a military area to a theater area, and all kinds of training have undergone fundamental changes. The rapid development of the Chinese military is amazing.
能了解这么多已经了不起了，不像其他油管博主简直是胡说八道
This video is a valuable overview of PRC aviation capabilities, as well as a brief gaze at Chinese military and political planning and integration. You have informed us without us having to do all the digging into sources and sorting through minutiae to find the gems. Well done, again.
Is J-20 a stealthy design? Well:
Looking at the edge alignment and planform alignment of the J-20, which is the biggest determining factor on how stealthy an aircraft is.
The Stealth shaping of the J-20 is in-line with what you would consider a very stealthy design.
I would dispute the notion that canards are inherently "unstealthy"
J-20's canards are aligned with other control surfaces, such as the wings, and the top edge of the air intake, so for all intents and purposes, J-20 has stealthily designed canards.
Which means when not moving, it DOES NOT present any new angles of reflection for enemy radars.
And when they are moving, from the videos I've seen J-20, the angle is tiny. Which MIGHT only present a momentary blip, milliseconds, nowhere near enough to get a lock on target.
People also need to understand, even the F-22 is very much detectable from long range by low frequency early warning radars, so the idea of stealth fighters that can't be seen is very much exaggerated, it's rather that Stealth fighters PREVENTS the enemy to get an effective lock on target. Because the stealthy features are much more effective against higher frequency targeting radars.
In that case, no aircraft is really stealthy. And due to the fact that you cannot create or destroy energy, the radar waves, which are a form of energy, cannot simply be "absorbed" by the stealthy aircraft, it has to be redirected. Which means, any stealthy aircraft, are very detectable from certain angles. So canards doesn't really do much in terms of stealth other than having a different set of more detectable angles.
Stealth fighter pilots are very aware of these more detectable angles, and will try to point the least observable angle of the fighter towards the possible direction of the enemy.
The term “stealth” is very misleading. It implies “invisible” to the casual reader.
I mean in the grand scheme of any given battle space, X-band radar stealth is only really relevant to enemy aircraft, and due to the way IFF works the J20 is stealthy enough, and platforms like the F22 are purely overkill.
china literally has a publication that verified the role of canard in low vis as negligible.
I think the interviewee know more about stealthy then you. The Canards is not aligned with the other control surfaces you can see that in the frontal view of the fighter.
You need to go back to physics class. radar waves can but absorbed and cancel. Sure you can't create or destroy energy but you can change it form. So that how absorption work.
@@Mugdorna Casual reader don't know what stealth means. it is to avoid detection and not invisible.
Here is the fact: China 🇨🇳 never occupied any country, that is historically and I am not Chinese, I am American
Doesn't exactly nullify the other shit they've done
@@operatorsenko8291 mitigate what exactly? What have they done? Do you mean: a. Colonialism against indigenous people? b. Slavery and genocide against indigenous people? c. Racial discrimination against their own citizens? d. Launch disastrous wars in the name of anti theorists? The list goes on
Honestly, this video helps to balance out all the pro and anti propaganda videos about this subject
I had never thought of the j20 as an awacs hunter, makes sense...
Yeah, without Awacs and air tankers the USAF would be in big trouble. It is looking like the J-20 may have a range of around 2,000miles, so massive area denial, and the ability to approach in stealth to strike any targets within 2,000miles of a Chinese airfield is a massive defensive advantage.
@@-Zevin- exactly sounds like a very impontant roll
@@1983jarc Yes absolutely, and it's why I think the fact it may not be perfectly stealthy or as stealthy as the F-22 is kind of a moot point. It is good enough to do the job, and good enough to strike on its terms. The fact it may lose stealth when turned away for instance, doesn't matter. If the J-20 is turned away from you, it most likely already fired weapons, weapons that also outrange American weapons, and is now cruising at speed and distance. A distance that also wouldn't be visible without awacs, which is now destroyed. So hypothetically if F-22 were even airborne and nearby, they would be in no place to intercept, and now would be left without awacs or refueling. I honestly don't know how you counter this approach, it is very smart.
@@-Zevin- The US navy is apparently talking about using smaller tanker drones to replace large tankers in highly contested airspace, not sure what they can do with AWACs though. Maybe some kind of networked drone constellation?
@@-Zevin- This really sounds like a smart strategy. Fundamentally, it's because the purpose of PLAAF and USAF is very different. Around the first island chain which is way closer to China, USAF'd better to control as much air space as possible to protect its heart - aircraft carriers, but China doesn't need to as it has land airports and land-based air defence system. PLAAF can even give up some air space control to USAF but focus on finding ways to destroy critical USA targets.
I am thinking of China can deploy a few J20 groups to solely target at USAF's Awacs and air tankers, meanwhile a large numbers of cheaper J10, J11, J16 planes to grab a lot attention of F22, F35, F18 or even drain out USAF's missiles loaded for the first battle. Awacs and air tankers would then become as easy as training targets for J20. Then USAF... cannot image. Seems like the rest USAF fighters have to fight blindly by themselves. If USAF wants to keep their Awacs and air tankers safe, they need to be flying way far from the core area of the battle, which makes them not that useful then.
So when there's no generation gap between PLAAF and USAF's technology, it seems very difficult for USAF to win or not lose big around the first island chain. Apparently, USA needs to make effort in largely increasing weapon quantities to be able to continue blocking China inside the first island chain. But it's also obvious the White House does not have this amount of military spending unless it decides to go on the crazy $$ printing without worrying about an unbearable economic consequence.
No one is threat,everyone tries to strong itself
And its their right
Great video as always. Though as a DCS player i would ve be happy if you ask for his opinion on the capabilities of the JF17 and its performance since its partly chinese as well
Oh I'd like to hear more about that one. It's pretty much one of the more unknown fighter jets in the west (Like the more modern Chinese planes)
JF 17 is a cheap export model. Just a look at it tells, that's its barely in the class of supersonic fighters. It's most comparable to something like KF-50 or whatever Koreans call that trainer jet with afterburners. This is why Chinese aren't buying it, only Pakistan and Nigeria. Funnily this is another one with a foreign engine, RD-93 courtesy of Klimov.
@@piotrgrzelak2613 There is a lot wrong with what you have stated. It is currently underpowered with the RD93 but it's a BVRAAM/Aesa equipped multi role aircraft that's available at a fraction of the price of almost all of its peers. It takes the place of aircraft like the F5 / J7 / Mig21 Also it has been purchased by those looking to replace legacy Chinese platforms. So Myanmar/Nigeria and Pakistan are operating them. Azerbaijan ,Argentina ,Malaysia and a number of African countries are looking at the plane to purchase because its free of sanctions by Western powers.
@@keysersoze3427 You don't understand what makes a fighter jet capable. It's a small aircraft even for single engine fighters, therefore it can't take a lot of ordnance, which is crucial in every mission, air to air too. It's slower and climbs lower than true air dominance fighters, it has short range, plus the energy output and radar array diameter are pathetic against a flanker or an f-15 and jf17 would be shit on in any engagement with them. Aesa radars aren't magical, they are also limited by electrical energy available on board and array size, how heavy can the computers for it be, etc. This plane is just too small for the first or second world, which is why it only found customers in the third one. Plus Russians can always block the engine export, China doesn't have a ready replacement.
@@piotrgrzelak2613 Again it's meant to replace the F7. So instead of a point defence fighter with SRAAM the airforce That get it will have BVRAAM AESA and a multi role capability.
Chinese have the WS13 in the pipeline for some time now so the Russians can ban away. Funnily enough they are developing the RD93MA probably because they know a good market is developing. This will allow a larger payload and more capability.
Also you are forgetting that a Flanker with its massive RCS is a sitting duck for aircraft like the JF17 in a netcentric environment.
Another high quality video. We certainly need more of these videos, especially with Justin and Dr. Franke. Would love to see this deep analysis of air forces continue--the USAF/USN/USMC (if you didn't cover that already), the Royal Air Force, the Indian Air Force, the Israeli Air Force, etc.
As a Chinese, i also found your video very informative yet surprising neutral (comparing to everything else written in English). It is very difficult not to make a biased opinion for such video yet you guys managed to do it. 👍 Another fact, last year one of the military analyst (I have been following for many years) in social media commented that "China is like 10 years behind US in military air power and technology. 😂 I am not sure if the US had to make a China look like a great military power so that they can build more nuclear sub or China's military capacity advanced so fast in a year or two. Anyway your video is probably the most unbiased stuff I could find in the internet in English world 🌍 peace
I didn't find it so neutral. See my comment.
Well, relatively neutral compared to rest of English speaking Chinese weapons related topics.
It's more about China's rate of development
Informative and interesting as always .thank you very much .
Among your best vids! Justin is a phenomenal guest.
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Sorry small correction, the H-6Ks are modified TU-16s (Tupolev 16 'BADGERS'), not Illyushin-28s. Thanks.
if US Air force say they aren't worried... they most likely won't get more money to order more goodies from the military industrial complex.
If you copy the best then make it even a little bit better, then you now have the best
Keep in mind that altering perfection results in something less than perfect.
@@tonysu8860 so you're 100% confident that perfection has already been achieved? And that there's not an iota of room for improvement?
A pleasant surprise. Was expecting either exaggeration or underestimation but we get a balanced view. Nice interview session 👍
This is amazing content ,for sure do more of those videos with Justin!
This is truly an exceptional briefing. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
JF-17 is an interesting plane it can do any role well but lacks the range so you need two drop tanks and have to pick between air or ground attack.
The next block has more weapons pylons I think which will improve the plane a lot and make it truly multi role.
One thing I think it has going for it is how easy it is to learn and fly. I bought it in dcs flight sim and it’s very intuitive to learn vs something like A10 or F-16. It has really nice off the shelf western style glass cockpit, so it feels like you are flying a modern leer jet with weapons, so it’s way easier to learn fast compared to something like F-16. It has cool selection of modern anti ship and other good anti air and air to ground weapons.
You could probably train people to fly these planes in 1/8th or 1/4 of time of other planes which seems like a under appreciated factor. In huge peer to peer war as we’ve seen previously pilots are often in short supply in previous wars. I imagine in a scenario something like ww2 where they are coming off the assembly line daily and you need them on the front fast, this ease of learning would be a good trait.
I think you missed one question regarding the Chinese combat drones.
Here is a Chinese here, can tell that is not worth concern and majorly sell to warzond
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@@CCC-if2jx 战乎局的？
i love the effort put into finding a lot of good pictures. But could you leave them up for a few more seconds each, please
comparing to the US, Chinese air force still have a long way to catch up.
Excellent video idea. Very informative. Very professional. And the information is good and useful information. There is a lot of junk information floating around out there.
Love this type of content keep it up!
Thank you!
I’m curious as to just how much experience the American pilots have in real battles given they were air dominant from the very start in all of the fights they picked. They haven’t fought a Mike Tyson yet, they fought a bunch of light weights and they think they’ve seen all? I think the undeserved confidence is probably gonna be their biggest enemy. Underestimating your opponents is the biggest no no in a fight.
不要告诉他们真相，让他们继续在梦里甜睡
@AY J You have half the planes America has, 3000+ F35s are being built within the next 10 years, counting the new US NGAD fighter you'll never match the USA in air power. Keep dreaming, you'll be replaced by India for manufacturing.
@@ayj7115bat meat supremacy is absolute
Very few modern pilots have real combat- air to air experience.
Probably the last large scale fighter to fighter combat was with the Brits in the Falklands over 40 years ago - the Brits never lost a Harrier and that was probably down to training.