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Key Points and Summary – China’s late-2025 drills around Taiwan revived a question Taipei and Washington can’t ignore: how well can Taiwan detect and...
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Key Points and Summary – China’s late-2025 drills around Taiwan revived a question Taipei and Washington can’t ignore: how well can Taiwan detect and...
Key Points and Summary – Newly released footage circulating from China appears to show a J-20 stealth fighter near or over Taiwan’s Pingtung area,...
Key Points and Summary – China’s rapid growth in fifth-generation fighters—the J-20 today and the emerging J-35A—signals real industrial momentum and a serious push...
Key Points and Summary – China’s airpower ambitions are expanding beyond stealth fighters to the support systems that make them truly strategic. -A new...
Key Points and Summary – Public glimpses of China’s carrier-launched, sixth-generation Shenyang J-50 suggest a paradox: a B-2-like “lambda wing” and tailless planform that...
Key Points and Summary – China’s emerging J-36 sixth-generation aircraft may be pursuing a breakthrough most stealth jets still struggle with: exportable electrical power....
Synopsis: China used its September V-Day parade to showcase a new two-seat J-20S alongside the upgraded J-20A. Beijing says the extra cockpit is not...
Synopsis: China’s J-20 “Mighty Dragon” is now a real factor in any high-end Western Pacific scenario, but the question is whether it can match...
Key Points and Summary – China’s PLAAF appears to have brought the two-seat J-20S into operational service, marking a notable shift in how Beijing...
Key Points and Summary – China’s J-20 Mighty Dragon is a major achievement: hundreds built, long range, AESA radar, and heavy “beast mode” payloads....