The realisation that Chinese air-air missiles are actually very good is going to be really uncomfortable to a lot of people who have been dismissing Chinese military tech for decades
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Their bridges, cars, Patent harvesting?
It is so advanced, why would missiles be inferior
If they ever organise their military to have just one rank structure, they will be unstoppable
& compulsory military service for when they all hit 18
So, y’know there is that
I am not sure logistics is still an issue for PLA
• Meteor, with its ramjet propulsion, is considered one of the most advanced air-to-air missiles globally, offering superior maneuverability and no-escape zones compared to PL-15.
• PL-15’s extended range provides Pakistani pilots the ability to engage Indian aircraft from safer distances
Dauphin and Super Frelon helos,
Crotale SAM
100 mm naval DP gun (the compact version!)
Produced, probably without licence.
They'll have learned from reverse engineering and, no doubt, have made many improvements since.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbin_Z-20
Chinese military hardware isn’t crappy knockoffs on old Soviet technology
Now it’s high quality reproduction of cutting edge U.S. hardware….
The Chinese don’t believe in innovation, and why would they? They’re so good at “borrowing “
Copying someone else's work does not necessarily help you build the skills to do your own work.
Neither has anything remotely stealthy
Tho I expect china will be very happy for all the live use test data they can get