Akasa
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Don't make assumptions based on silly 'insider' nonesense, i have read some 'insider' information and most of it can be disregarded as fanboy nonesense like the one about China having the most 'powerful' AESA of any '5th generation aircraft', i would like to know how those insiders came to that conclusion when most existing '5th generation' radars are either completely classified or very little is know about them, Again it just shows that much of the 'insider' information can not be taken seriously.
Now to the highlited part.
The Typhoon and Rafale are two of the most sophisticaded aircraft in the world. Do you have any idea how good the Rafales spectra is? And yes the Spectra uses AESA.
Funny thing is, these "insider" things are exactly what led to the predictions of the J-10B and J-20. Nowhere did it say that it would have the "most powerful" AESA in the world (although CAC employee did say it was the largest).
Two of the most sophisticated aircraft? Let's see, lack of visible RCS reduction features in airframe, lack of AESA radar. Do you honestly publicity will make them more sophisticated than planes like the F-15SE or Super Hornet? The SPECTRA is a self protection system that reduces the aircraft's RCS. It does not give it extra tracking abilities. Nanjing University is testing a similar system.