SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE
WHY THE COUNTRY THAT 1ST FLEW A 6TH-GEN FIGHTER MAY NOW BE A DECADE BEHIND...
While China has initially leaped ahead in showing physical prototypes via social media leaks on Chinese sites, like Weibo, reaching a production-grade weapon system involves a decade-long maturation process that has not been seen progressing.
SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.