PLAAF vs USAF in 2015.

Who do you think would win this fight? The U.S. with its hi-tech lasers, superb training, but unable to take heavy losses, or the Chinese with their poor training, technologically inferior air force, but their willingness to send pilots to their deaths?

In a word, nobody.

But I think by then China might be trouncing the US basketball team on a regular basis.

i doubt the chinese would be able to field a comparable force to the US by 2015, maybe 2030

USAF will rip the PLAAF a new ass hole!

The fighter jet may be obsolete by then... having given way to the satellite armed with directed energy weapons.

The big question, military wise, is how changes in the military will change society. Already, the shift from the citizen-soldier/militia mentality of 1776-the cold war to the professional, elite soldier of the modern era has, I believe, caused a strange schizophrenia in american society... One which is leading america to more and more wars as the average citizen is involved less and less in international affairs (almost a return to feudalism). So, how will a shift to a military where the vast majority of front line fighting is done by robotic devices further alter america?

Originally posted by onlyinmydreams
The fighter jet may be obsolete by then... having given way to the satellite armed with directed energy weapons.

Satelites armed with direct energy weapons are still a long way off, 2030 at the very earliest probably later than 2040.

America would kill the Chinese unless the us air force falls apart between now and then and thwe chinese suddenly unveil several new super planes comparable to the f-22 or better. The chinese might not care how many of their pilots are shot down but if the chinese cant detct the stealthy americans planes then it would be like robbing sweets of a kid for the american air force. The only possible finish is an american win.

[edit on 11-2-2006 by justin_barton3]

i think 2015 is too early for china to catch up with the USA in 'technology' terms (2015 is only 9 year away), but i believe china will be CLASSED as a 'superpower' by then!!

i would probably guess by 2030 china could match the US pound for pound.

india is also tipped as a new global superpower, i personally can't see that!! - but i think china i most definatly.

but i'm telling you, all this 'freeing iraq' and other middle-eatern countrys is a dangerious game!!

those country's are real 'oil' rich countrys land full of human resources can you imagen 100 years down the line?? (muslims have the potential to be the dominate race), scary shiit.



[edit on 11-2-2006 by st3ve_o]

Terran VS Zerg you say?

Depends. In an air war, Id say USA every time, as tech can really trump numbers in the air. Why? Because no matter how many people you have, planes are still amazingly expensive to build and pilots to train.

Lets say the F22 can really deliver as promised and shoot down its enemies BVR and remain unseen. Out of 6 missiles lets say 4 hit their target. Thats 4 planes for each F22 each sortie. Id say the vast majority of F22's would survive to be rearmed again. I cant imagine an enemy force could suffer losses of that nature for very long. Can China afford to send more than 4 planes up for every 1 that the USA does just to get a shot at the Raptor? If they detected it at all? I cant imagine they could.

Of course I am assuming the Raptor has a 70% or so hit ratio and that the enemy cant see it in time.

In a ground only war Id say China's chances significantly improve. But if the USA has already won the air, a huge ground army of any kind doesnt stand much of a chance.

Air vs Air = USA
Ground vs Ground = Tough, but China is favorable

But reality is that the USA would dominate the air prior to any ground engagements negating any advantage from the "Zerg effect" that China could employ.

dude, even china's ground army is like 15 or 20 years behind the usa, and their air force is at least 35 years behind. so called 100 per cent indeginous designs like the j-8 and q-5 ground attack are just sheer modifications of mig-19s and mig-21s. but i totally agree with you that without air support the #ing outdated chinese army will just be another a piece of dead meat. although i'm born to chinese parents, i think china really reaks in almost every way i can imagine, including in terms of military. tell those foreigners to stop getting addicted to everything chinese!