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The Chinese military has leaked first photos of a brand new lightweight fighter with external characteristics that allow the
jet fifth-generation attribution. Analysts suggest it could be used on future Chinese aircraft carriers.
The two-wheeled front rack chassis of the real F-60 prototype suggests the aircraft is being engineered for naval use, like
sea-based versions of Dassault’s Rafale in France, Lockheed Martin’s F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and the Soviet-made Su-33.
Shenyang Aircraft Industry Group (SAC), one of the leading aircraft design and manufacturing corporations of China’s
aviation industry, has rolled out a prototype that might eventually become Chinese analogue to America’s F-35.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=j21-31-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/j21-31-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
The aircraft bears a certain resemblance to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II, although one major difference is obvious:
unlike its American relative, China’s F-60 has two engines.
The pictures of the Chinese technology demonstrator suggest that the engines the aircraft is currently equipped with
do not have thrust vectoring nozzles which might suggest the prototype is at too early a stage of testing to get more
sophisticated and powerful propulsion package.
A blurred photo from China Military Report website is the only proof that SAC’s F 60 aircraft has successfully been airborne.
jet fifth-generation attribution. Analysts suggest it could be used on future Chinese aircraft carriers.
The two-wheeled front rack chassis of the real F-60 prototype suggests the aircraft is being engineered for naval use, like
sea-based versions of Dassault’s Rafale in France, Lockheed Martin’s F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and the Soviet-made Su-33.
Shenyang Aircraft Industry Group (SAC), one of the leading aircraft design and manufacturing corporations of China’s
aviation industry, has rolled out a prototype that might eventually become Chinese analogue to America’s F-35.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=j21-31-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/j21-31-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
The aircraft bears a certain resemblance to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II, although one major difference is obvious:
unlike its American relative, China’s F-60 has two engines.
The pictures of the Chinese technology demonstrator suggest that the engines the aircraft is currently equipped with
do not have thrust vectoring nozzles which might suggest the prototype is at too early a stage of testing to get more
sophisticated and powerful propulsion package.
A blurred photo from China Military Report website is the only proof that SAC’s F 60 aircraft has successfully been airborne.
