Friends who have a little understanding of the development history of China's military aviation industry know that fighting a war of words around the origins between Chinese fighter jets and Soviet fighter jets was once a cliché topic in the circle of domestic military enthusiasts. However, with the development of science and technology and the progress of the times, today when Soviet fighter jets are becoming increasingly marginalized in Chinese Air Force , this page is almost turned over by us.
However, although the Chinese military fans have passed by, a considerable number of Russian military fans still cannot get through. About two years before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, a Russian military fan published an article titled "The Soviet Union/Russian Roots of Chinese Fighter Planes", and the floors participating in this topic forum were more than 50 floors.
has once learned from the Soviet Union/Russian experience in the research and development of Chinese fighter jets. Most of the Russian military fans who expressed their opinions were in a tone of complaining, but a small number of people also opened up the situation. A Russian military fan said this: "China absorbs the essence of the Soviet Union. They only took a generation to turn China into a world-class leader. capitalism Russia is constantly sinking towards Third World . In contrast, I agree more with the flow of Soviet technology to China."
Although this statement comes from 2020, the Russian conflict has lasted for more than half a year, and the Russian army has suffered setbacks on the front line. Today, when the Putin government is forced to import weapons and equipment from Iran and other countries, it not only sounds unpredictable, but it is more like a kind of belated fulfillment.
China's military industry, especially China's military aviation industry, was developed by introducing, imitating, digesting, and absorption. This is no secret. It is well-known both at home and abroad, and we have never shy about it.
Following the path that our predecessors have already taken, it is the least risky option. Especially for us who were poor and down-to-earth back then, if we want to win the title of "pure original", we have to start everything again. Then today's China's military aviation industry may not be done well, and we have to waste more than 40 years of waste, but we can only eat the LCA "glory" piece of "glory" that is tasteless and a pity to abandon it.
Perhaps it is because of realizing this level that a Russian military fan said it very bluntly:
"So what? Even if they copied the Soviet plane, so what? Since we can get a ready-made wheel quickly, why do we still need to reinvent the wheel? Russians have done this, British and Americans have done it, and everyone has done it. You need such a thing, the key is to get it, and the cost you pay for it must be as low as possible. As for where you get it, is it important?"
Moreover, after China's industrial advantages were established, there are many examples of other developing countries imitating and copying Chinese military products. For example, the Conqueror-110 series ballistic missile developed by Iran based on the Hongqi-2 air defense missile , the Storm series ballistic missile developed by Turkey based on the Guardian rocket launcher, and the Pegasus drone developed by Pakistani based on the Rainbow-3 drone .
Because the Chinese are now able to create more and more advanced domestic weapons and equipment, our ceiling is high enough, so our tolerance for the current situation of plagiarizing Chinese operations in other countries has naturally increased a lot. If we can only rely on the basis of the Type 59 tank and the J-7 fighter , Chinese military fans will probably feel bad when they see other developing countries creating counterfeit 59 and J-7 .
People are animals that are accustomed to moving forward. As long as they can move forward and keep moving forward, no one will have anything to do and always think about remembering the past and following the old path. Once you start doing this, it either means that the person can't continue the past path, or he is in trouble while walking a new path.
Those foreign military enthusiasts who always like to catch various foreign military enthusiasts on the Internet smear and attack Chinese military fans, including but not limited to , Western countries , military fans, some Russian military fans, Japanese and Korean military fans, and Indian military fans. The fundamental reason why many of them always look at the achievements of China's modern military construction today is actually the fundamental reason.
But this world is material after all, and will not be transferred by anyone's subjective will. The complaints of these people not only will not stop China's military modernization from progress, but will also play a role in promoting it to some extent. This is how the previous J-20, 055 and 003 were made, and the future J-35, 057 and 004 will also be made.
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 After all, we have long passed the stage of taking Soviet technology as the standard. Otherwise, what stood out at the beginning would not be the "Weilong" of , Fei , but the "Snowy Owl" of , Shen Fei .
Soldiers' way is not a football game. Chinese military industry cannot become the object of Russian military fans' empathy. People's path still depends on their own legs. I hope this Russian-Ukrainian conflict can wake up the Russian military industry, which has been in a daze for more than 30 years after the collapse of , and otherwise, what Russian military fans will have to worry about in the next 10 years is probably not just the problem of unsuccessful Soviet technology.
