Thread by @MissQuanyi18

The last two days has been breathtaking wasn't it? 🤭 China revealed two 6th gen stealth prototypes, type 076 carrier, GJ-11 UCAV and KJ3000 stealth detecting AWACS. But do you know what's more remarkable? China managed to develop all these with just 1.6% of GDP defence...🧵

2. Budget, twice smaller than US 3.4%. So with 1.6% China managed to possess world largest navy with 370 ships and 3 carriers, an airforce with 200 to 250 J-20 Stealth fighters, hypersonic missiles, stealth UCAV, and flew the 1st 6th gen, and 2nd 6th gen, while the US NGAD...

3. Has been paused due to cost overruns and outdated design
I mean cost overrun? How is that even possible with corruption free US 🤭 and over $820B defence budget? 🤷‍♀️ The fact that US sent NGAD back to the drawing board tells you pretty conclusively that, they'd rather have...

4. People not to see it, than see it and realize just how bad it was. OTOH the PLAAF could have conducted the test flight at some random Northwest military airfield and guaranteed that the public wouldn't be able to get any pictures of it at all, but they did. You simply don't..

5. first flight something with exotic control surfaces, no tail and of this size over a city of 20 million people in broad daylight without already flight tested control laws on other testbed and demostrators. It was test-flown at CAC and SAC, it means that the overall design has

6. Been completed and the only thing left to do is to continue to optimize and test-fly it until it becomes a mature product, which is why the aircraft needs to be at CAC and SAC, it needs to be constantly modified and optimized between the plant & runway, which cannot be done...

7. At military base. Considering all of these and the fact that 🇺🇸 NGAD has been paused. We can conclude that 🇨🇳 will be fielding its 6th gen platforms before the 🇺🇸 does. Which is remarkable because 15 years ago 🇨🇳 does not even have stealth fighters. People may say that...

8. The 🇺🇸 test flown B-21 bomber, yea The fact that it now cost $800M per frame is not that different from failure, I would bet by the time it enters production the price will balloon to $1B per frame 🤷‍♀️ By the time PLAAF finish developing the H-20 bomber, it will cost a...

9. A fraction of B-21, just like every advanced platforms 🇨🇳 has which is a lot cheaper than 🇺🇸. The big difference is that the military industrial complex in 🇨🇳 is state owned, and even though there is scope for corruption, it pales in comparison against the daylight robbery...

10. of taxpayers money by the privately owned MIC of the 🇺🇸. This maiden flights of two 6th gen stealth platforms is also intended as double middle finger to the recent 🇺🇸 DoD "Report on Chinese Military Power-where it cited how 🇨🇳 could even be better and more efficient if...

11. the rampant corruption and inefficiencies weren't holding 🇨🇳 military development back so much" or to that effect. 🤣 Moreover, these multiple advanced weapon systems reveal also intended to show the 🇺🇸 that 🇨🇳 is NOT afraid of new arms race. Each of the ongoing 6th gen...

12. programs are probably $ 200B-1T in value. (Based off what B-21 costs). That is in addition to J-20 and J-35 acquisitions which are likely $1-2T spread out over several years. And then theres CVN program, DDGs being constantly built, nuclear ICBMs, SSBN, 095 etc. Every year...

13. 🇨🇳 is on a yearly basis putting in $ 2-5 trillion equivalent of 🇺🇸 procurement value. 🇺🇸 would need to double or triple their entire budget to match that which is impossible. And again 🇨🇳 is doing these with 1.6% GDP defence budget. 🇨🇳 can easily increase that to match 🇺🇸...

14. 3.4% without affecting civilian economy too much. 🇨🇳 is openly challenging the 🇺🇸 to an arms race. Let's see if they take the bait, with Trump in charge most likely they will and they will soon end up like the old Soviet Union. End 🧵