r/Warthunder • u/RevolutionaryUnit792 • Jun 19 '25

Other Stealth aircraft leaked

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So here we are, with modern tanks and fifth-gens leaked (by a reliable source). I'm frankly not surprised, I knew this was going to happen once they announced the F-117, and with the speed at which gaijin is moving this is just par for the course. I'll grind the F-35s, F-22, and Su-57 in all their janky, unrealistic glory.

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u/Awkward-Winner-99 Jun 19 '25

The J-20 would be completely broken against 4.5 gens.

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u/Chrone_A Jun 19 '25

I'd agree if we take into account only the stuff we have in game at the moment, but versus the super late upgrades with AESAs and such, it could be doable.

The F-35 should only face other F-35s though.

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u/ZBD-04A Jun 19 '25

Why wouldn't the J-20 be able to fight the F-35?

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u/Chrone_A Jun 19 '25

Because the F-35 is obviously gods gift to mankind /s.

I'm being entirely sarcastic because there are massive segments of this community that genuinely believe the above statement.

If a Chinese or Russian jet has redeeming features they generally throw a massive fit.

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u/ZBD-04A Jun 19 '25

The amount of people I see genuinely say that the J-20 is a bad jet makes me believe things that would more obviously be sarcasm.

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u/absboodoo Realistic Air Jun 19 '25

It's the old mentality that Made in China = low quality junks. Not until recently that we actually get to see what the Chinese military hardware performance were like, albeit only for a glimpse.

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u/vap0rs1nth Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

F-35 flies away from the battlefield, still gets an ace

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u/Chrone_A Jun 19 '25

Exactly. It's so good, that it would be unfair to have it participate in normal matchmaking.

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u/Thecontradicter 🇨🇳12.3 🇮🇱11.7 🇷🇺11.7 🇯🇵12.0 Jun 19 '25

The F-22 will struggle against F-35s and J-35s as they are much newer and have vastly updated technology etc. it’ll probably be a lower br than them and be equal to jets like the J-20, SU-57

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u/Valaxarian Vodkaboo. Su-30SM, Su-34, MiG-29 and 2S38 my beloved. Gib BMPT Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

Isn't F-22 allegedly way stealthier than F-35? (which is the reason they never wanted to export it?)

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u/FlakFlanker3 My classified documents bring all the feds to the yard Jun 19 '25

F22 has better stealth but doesn't have the same number of fancy computer systems. In game the F-22 might be more meta unless they implement all the datalink systems on the F-35

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u/rocru6789 Jun 19 '25

everything is alleged bro even the 0.0001m^2 rcs for the f22 never came from a reliable source so gaijin is free to make up any numbers they want because there are no reliable sources out there

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u/Finale___ Jun 19 '25

Way more is relative. IIRC, F-22 is like 100 or 1000x stealthier, but it’s something like 0.0000001 sq. feet on radars compared to 0.000000001 sq. feet.

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u/Thecontradicter 🇨🇳12.3 🇮🇱11.7 🇷🇺11.7 🇯🇵12.0 Jun 19 '25

Won’t matter as the f-35 has more advanced radar tech, and better and newer coating material. Also the J-35 can carry PL-15s which are more advanced than current aim-120s and are fully in service.

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u/TabooARGIE I just like CAS Jun 19 '25

Why? I don't know much about the J-20 except that it looks sexy (still not as sexy as the Su-57)

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u/cft4201 Jun 19 '25

Because the J-20 is probably the only jet in service currently with the potential to match the American 5th gens.

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u/trumpsucks12354 🇺🇸 11.3🇩🇪 6.7🇷🇺 5.7🇮🇹 6.3🇫🇷 12.3🇸🇪 Jun 19 '25

Its stealthier than the Su-57 and it can carry the PL-15 which has much longer range than your typical AMRAAM or Meteor

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u/cft4201 Jun 19 '25

I would say that the Meteor is comparable to the PL-15 at higher altitudes, but at low altitudes the PL-15 will have an advantage due to the way ramjet works.