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But how do U.S. and Chinese fighters stack up? The J-20 “Mighty Dragon” is China’s fifth-generation answer to the F-22 and F-35. The rapid...
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But how do U.S. and Chinese fighters stack up? The J-20 “Mighty Dragon” is China’s fifth-generation answer to the F-22 and F-35. The rapid...
While the J-20 is a capable aircraft in its own right, U.S. planners and military leadership currently appear unconcerned that it has the capabilities...
The J-20 Gets a Big Upgrade: In late August, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried out military drills around Taiwan. Beijing expressed that these...
The question facing the defense establishment is whether or not the J-20 is actually capable of rivaling or even beating the best American fighters,...
China has started to assemble a force of stealthy, heavily armed fifth-generation fighter aircraft such as the J-20 and the carrier-launched J-31. The emergence...
The U.S. military benefited from having air superiority over its adversaries for decades. Introducing the world’s first fifth-generation stealth fighter the F-22 Raptor and the world’s...
As its annual National People’s Congress gets underway this week, China has announced a 7.2% increase in military spending for 2023. That comes amid rising tensions over...
China can’t be a military superpower without pilots: All of the branches of the United States military have struggled to meet recruiting goals in recent...
Last month, a pilot for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) claimed he flew his J-20 stealth fighter jet over Taiwan’s airspace and...
There was a time when Soviet-made military hardware was sought after – used by revolutionaries and nation-states alike. During the Cold War, it was...