Just recently, the news of major breakthroughs around China's stealth fighters has been continuous, either the next generation of stealth carrier-based aircraft has been photographed to have made its first flight, or the outside world has found that China has achieved the world's first two-seat fifth-generation aircraft. And just when the outside public opinion is "frying pan", the Pentagon's reaction is very interesting.
On October 31, China's "Global Network" noted that the US defense website "Engine" (Drive) put a picture on the front page of its own website. In many details of this picture, there are obvious traces of smuggling. Many details allude to the characteristics of Chinese fighters.
As can be seen from the picture, the background of the 2 people photographed is a distinctive F/A-18 Hornet fighter. However, in the tail wing, it is sprayed with the fuselage pattern that only our military fighters have -- the yellow stroke design and the classic red five-star "Bayi" pattern. On the armbands of the group photo personnel, it is very obvious to see 5 Chinese words "sticks and stones". From any point of view, these characteristics should not be what the U.S. Navy should have.
Subsequently, the website confirmed that the picture was officially released by the Pentagon on the 29th. Considering that the Chinese Air Force and Navy, in just 2 days of frequent good news, the US military issued such a picture of smuggled goods, it seems to be somewhat meaningful.
Some analysts believe that painting some combat equipment with the characteristics of the opponent's equipment is actually a kind of combat drill habit used by the US military, that is, to give the unit trainees a "hypothetical enemy" and to give the officers and men of the unit a psychological hint. The U.S. military has repeatedly painted some of its equipment with the characteristics of the Russian army, and now this object has been replaced by China. Moreover, this is not the first time that the US military has painted its own equipment with a pattern representing China. It is reported that the US military has attached considerable importance to China's J-10, J-15, and J-16, and has appeared in their simulated confrontation exercises.
The US military's research on China's J-10
In a way, this change reflects the fact that the United States' supposedly threatening competitor has shifted from Russia to China. This also shows that the achievements of China's military modernization and reform in recent years have achieved a kind of affirmation of the US military, the world's first military hegemonic country. This also proves that the direction and path we are currently taking in equipment research and development are correct and feasible, otherwise the United States would not have made such a big publicity. For example, the Americans have never used this mentality to face India, which is known as the "fourth military power in the world" on the book.
It is worth noting that some observers have mentioned that this kind of "imaginary enemy exercise" of the US military has actually provided a lot of support for the us military's combat deployment in the past few decades. In this kind of exercise, the US military units will still maintain the tactics and techniques adopted by the enemy in past operations, carry out tactical deployment, study some tactical arrangements of the enemy in a targeted manner, and take the enemy's weak links as breakthroughs. At this point, our country still needs to be vigilant. (Listen to the wind blowing the lotus)