Does the 5th generation of fighters mean a return to WVR combat?

>>27930447
>WVR combat?
no
>BVR missiles
very

>>27930447
>Canards
>Stealth

Pick one.

Horee shit is that Firefox? What plane is this? Looks sexy as fug.

>>27932431
That's the only good angle for the J-20.

>>27930447

Time will tell.

>>27932431
it's more a less a f-22 copy on russians engines . which raises the question on how they got so much information.

>>27932422
>still believing this myth

get educated son

>>27932422
>>27932481

What's wrong with canards? As long as they're in-line with the other edges of the aircraft, they should work right?

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59KB, 800x514px

>>27932431
>>27932467

>>27932492
Idiots with no education simply keep repeating what they read.

>>27932416
Then why is maneuverability still a huge focus?

>>27933012
>implying it is outside of airshow tricks

>>27933012

>Then why is maneuverability still a huge focus?

Because it is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

>>27930447
it would be a possibility if everyone had effective stealth to close the distance. but the pak fa clearly doesn't and chinks are still decades behind

>>27932467
lolno it's a mig 1.42 copy

>>27933012
it's not

>>27933012

It matters a little bit when you need to evade a missile.

But it's less and less valuable with new gen missiles pulling 60G turns.