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Not every F-22 Raptor is available at any moment, so the number free for a contingency is substantially smaller than the inventory, and a...
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Not every F-22 Raptor is available at any moment, so the number free for a contingency is substantially smaller than the inventory, and a...
A newly released photo shows China’s J-20 Mighty Dragon flying in ‘Beast Mode’ with eight PL-15 air-to-air missiles hung outside the airframe. The stealth...
At a Beijing defense electronics show in September, China’s AVIC displayed an 838-pound laser tracking-and-aiming system for combat aircraft, believed to put out hundreds...
Engineers at China’s Aviation Industry Corporation have proposed installing large radar arrays inside the J-20 Mighty Dragon’s wings, letting the stealth fighter do surveillance...
Chinese state media say the J-20S, the two-seat version of a 15-year-old stealth fighter, can now strike moving targets at sea.
China marked the 15th anniversary of the J-20’s maiden flight on January 11, 2026, by announcing that the two-seat J-20S Mighty Dragon is meant...
Open-source trackers put China’s J-20 fleet at roughly 500 to 520 as of mid-2026, against the 550 to 580 F-35As the US Air Force...
The F-22 Raptor was built to sweep MiG-29s and Su-27s from the skies over Europe; the Soviet Union died first, and the wars that...
America built 187 F-22 Raptors and shut the line in 2011. Satellite imagery suggests Chengdu alone builds 100 to 120 J-20s a year, matching...
Mitsubishi's F-15J was built without nukes or America's full jamming suite. Now the Japan Super Interceptor program gives 98 of the 1980s Eagles an...