I don’t think this work is even that surprising, which is perhaps the surprising part to most people. Fusing information from a network of radars has always been the Achilles heel of stealth aircraft. It’s just that radar fusion at a country-level scale hadn’t really been demonstrated before.
Why would China want offensive abilities? Their only military engagements in recent history (if you exclude their embassy getting bombed in Serbia) have been fought with sticks and water guns.
Chinese policy has always been domestically-focused.
The US is happy to fly an F-22 around willy nilly in air shows and whatever /s
The real answer is that the J-20’s RCS is probably similar to the F-22 and they realized that the J-20 is vulnerable to this. This has been a known problem with stealth technology for forever, so it’s really more of a deterrence. China really doesn’t want a war, which is why their Navy is so heavily oriented towards coastal (defensive) operations rather than blue water (offensive/power projection) operations.
At the end of the day, this is a defensive innovation. While the US has a limited supply of F-22s, China has an essentially infinite supply of radar installations.
China, for example, is aiming to capture and internalise all parts of the supply chain in green and advanced technologies and is securing the access to the required resources. This rapid supply expansion is leading to significant overcapacity in multiple sectors and threatening to undercut our industries.
The US, for its part, is using large-scale industrial policy to attract high-value domestic manufacturing capacity within its borders – including that of European firms – while using protectionism to shut out competitors and deploying its geopolitical power to re-orient and secure supply chains.
Glad to see the EU finally realize that China is not the only threat: the US is equally harmful (if not moreso) to Europe’s economic development.
Here’s a litmus test for everyone: What search engine leads in China? What search engine leads in the US? What search engine leads in Europe?
Well of course. The US is a massive oil producer. Why would they give up such a key geopolitical advantage? Plus, models say that the emerging powers (China, India) and the big regional blocs (Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, South America) would all be hit harder by climate change than North America. From a geopolitical perspective, the US should absolutely sandbag climate efforts and do the minimum necessary to not look like they’re completely indifferent to the crisis.
Ahead of the United Nations Security Council action to consider the Palestinian Authority’s application to become a full member of the international body, the United States is lobbying nations to reject such membership, hoping to avoid an overt “veto” by Washington. The lobbying effort, revealed in copies of unclassified...
The US is trying to keep from dirtying their own hands by politicking their way through things. Unfortunately for the US, they can’t even control the decisions of other NATO members, nevermind the Global South.
Take a look at a map of China’s HSR network. Most of that network isn’t profitable off of fares: instead, the coastal infrastructure is used to subsidize less profitable lines in the interior (that undoubtedly provide benefits, but not necessarily enough to directly offset the costs with fares).
It’s a given that coastal cities will become more prosperous. China is using the prosperity of coastal cities to improve living conditions in the rest of the country.
On Thursday, the spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of China, Mao Ning, demonstrated Beijing’s support for the addition of Palestine to the UN. ⠀...
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Man Sets Himself on Fire Near Courthouse Where Trump Is on Trial (www.nytimes.com)
Jimmy Lai plotted mainland China’s collapse and installation of US-style democracy, says witness (www.independent.co.uk)
Chinese scientists increase F-22 fighter jet’s radar signature 60,000 times with new detection method: study (www.scmp.com)
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More Chinese Graduates Are Taking Jobs in Small Cities, Report Finds (www.sixthtone.com)
Mario Draghi: Radical Change—Is What Is Needed [to spur competition and innovation in Europe] (geopolitique.eu)
Spain and Slovenia Lead Push for EU Countries to Recognize Palestinian State (truthout.org)
Proponents say full recognition of Palestine by European countries would help to secure a ceasefire in Gaza....
Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
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US plans to restore tariffs on dominant solar technology, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood (theintercept.com)
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