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China's J-20 "Mighty Dragon" is the only fifth-generation fighter in service built without a gun, a deliberate bet that stealth and long-range missiles have...
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China's J-20 "Mighty Dragon" is the only fifth-generation fighter in service built without a gun, a deliberate bet that stealth and long-range missiles have...
China, despite aggressively exporting a wide variety of military hardware, is unlikely to ever export the J-20 Mighty Dragon stealth fighter. While international interest...
The debate over China's J-20 has always been whether it can beat the F-22 or F-35 in a fight. This analysis argues that's the...
For over a decade, China's J-20 had a fifth-generation airframe and a fourth-generation problem: it couldn't get the engine it was designed for, flying...
America and China agree the future of air combat is a stealth fighter directing a swarm of drones. They disagree on who commands it....
American analysts keep mirror-imaging China's J-20 as a rival dogfighter to the F-22. That's the wrong lens. The Mighty Dragon is evolving into a...
Commercial satellites caught China's fighter plants adding eight million square feet — enough to build 100-plus stealth fighters a year while the F-22 line...
The satellite imagery doesn’t lie. China’s Chengdu facility is running five production lines. The J-20 fleet has crossed 300 aircraft. Annual output runs between...
MANILA – It’s official, the Shenyang J-35 stealth fighter aircraft carrier variant now has a new name. The service nickname given to the aircraft...
The Bottomline: The Shenyang Aircraft Corporation FC-31 stealth fighter — first flown in 2012 and marketed to international military customers under the export designation...