Before Mocking China’s Drone Mothership, How About Taking a Look at America’s Sixth-Gen Fighter?

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As China prepares to test its "Jiutian" drone mothership, hailed for its versatility and multi-use capabilities, questions arise about the reality of America's touted sixth-generation fighter. Dive into a comparison that challenges the narratives between these two aviation giants.
May 20, 2025
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Recently, America unveiled more details of its sixth-generation fighter… by presenting a new PowerPoint.

Previously, the empire’s staff’s PowerPoints, though often exaggerated and deceptive, maintained some level of integrity. Now, the illiterate staff’s presentations are simply filled with unrealistic claims, akin to Indian myths regarding weapons.

You’d think these people were not military industry experts but rather internet frauds from Silicon Valley and Wall Street seeking investment.

Their rhetoric includes terms like “stealth capability ++,” “combat radius surpassing 70% of F22,” and “maximum speed exceeding Mach 2,” but in reality, its speed is similar to fourth-generation aircraft, with a combat radius of about 1,850 kilometers, akin to the Rafale. Its stealth capabilities are claimed to exceed the F22 and F35, yet under the comprehensive radar coverage of Eastern forces, the so-called “stealth” of the US military isn’t all that. The mention of “cooperation with thousands of loyal wingmen drones” seems like sheer envy at competitors’ unique new technologies, leading to mental imbalance and incoherent ramblings.

Thus, this is what’s called “American comparative marketing,” filled with internet jargon, packaging industry-standard concepts into unparalleled inventions dubbed “decisive battle artifacts.”

They further claim upgrades like turning the F35 into the “F55” and the F22 into the “Super Raptor”… increasingly unrealistic, especially since America can’t even maintain current F35 production capacity.

Considering America’s current R&D and manufacturing pace, it would take at least a decade from the maiden flight of a model aircraft to achieving operational capability—assuming no budget cuts from the Pentagon or supply chain delays. By 2029, a “combat-ready” status is purely wishful thinking.

If America truly had a tangible prototype of a sixth-generation plane, even a demonstration model, they wouldn’t miss the chance to showcase it. Yet, not a single photo or video can be found online.

Their chaotic presentations indicate they never intended to build such an aircraft. Their leaders and decision-makers aren’t genuinely preparing to initiate its development—it’s all about “win-based learning.”

Countries possessing real sixth-generation aircraft don’t act this way. They confidently fly their aircraft publicly, allowing citizens to freely photograph and aviation enthusiasts to study details without fear of research or imitation, because the underlying aerodynamics, engines, materials science, avionics, and radar comprise a systemic engineering effort. Even if you see it, you can’t understand it; if you do, you can’t replicate it.

Only countries without a sixth-generation fighter cling stubbornly to such narratives, pretending they possess one, dreaming up PowerPoints and quoting exaggerated specs. They attempt to swindle themselves with the Emperor’s new clothes.

Someone once said, “People can live in failure, but not in lies.” America’s current issue is living both in failure and lies.

I wager that the PPT they concocted won’t see fruition by 2025-2029, not even by 2039, for the world operates on tangible realities, not driven by win-based learning.

Evidently, over the years, we’ve overestimated not only their strengths but also their intelligence and capabilities.

Editor: Zhongxiaowen

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