Thread by @wmhuo168

The J-20S just changed air combat forever. It's not just a stealth fighter. It's a flying drone commander. The U.S. has nothing like it.

nationalsecurityjournal.org/chinas-j-20-st…

The J-20S is not a trainer. It's a flying war room for drone swarms, electronic warfare, and machine-led kill chains. This isn't DJI. It's war doctrine. The U.S. has no answer. Here's why.
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China treats drones like Ford treated cars. Mass production. Brutal simplicity. Built for war, not tech demos. The goal isn't testing, it's deployment. Thousands, not dozens. (2/11)

The J-20S is the first two-seater stealth jet built to fight, not to train. It's a command post in the sky. A manned interface for drone coordination, jamming, surveillance, and suppression. (3/11)

U.S. doctrine still fantasizes about manned air superiority. China is building a kill web that makes pilots irrelevant. The J-20S is just the tip of a machine-led spear. (4/11)

The U.S. can’t mass-produce anything because it offshored its factories and replaced machinists with HR departments. China kept its engineers. The results speak for themselves. (5/11)

"Loyal wingman" projects in the U.S. are still stuck in testing. Expensive, slow, and always five years away. They're designed to babysit manned jets. That's not a revolution. It's a crutch. (6/11)

The F-35 burns $44,000 per hour to fly. The J-20S probably commands drones that cost less than its paint job. The U.S. obsesses over stealth coatings. China is building fleets. (7/11)

Defense spending in America is a racket. Every program is a bribe disguised as procurement. Contractors write the specs. Congress rubber stamps. Voters get jobs. The Pentagon gets junk. (8/11)

China isn’t just outbuilding the U.S. It’s rewriting the rules. The J-20S is part of a warfighting system. The U.S. is still chasing dogfights. That world no longer exists. (9/11)

To catch up, the U.S. would need to rebuild its industrial base, kill legacy programs, and rewire its entire military doctrine. None of that is happening. (10/11)

The J-20S isn’t a headline. It’s a battlefield reality. It commands drones, disrupts networks, and breaks the kill chain. The future is already flying. And it’s not American. (11/11)