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China's Chengdu J-20 "Mighty Dragon" stealth fighter, born from the PLA's shock over American air power in the 1991 Gulf War, ...
China’s J-20 “Mighty Dragon” has evolved into a formidable family of stealth fighters, with new variants like the J-20A and ...
On December 18, 2014, the 6th J-20 stealth fighter prototype took off from the Chengdu Aviation Corporation factory. At six airframes, that makes the J-20 the most numerous non-American stealth ...
The J-20 fighter is called Beijing’s answer to the US F-22 stealth fighter and the F-35 that will be soon deployed in the Pacific by the United States and Japan.
As J-20 testing wraps up, the PLAAF will also have many other new projects to roll out, like the J-31 stealth fighter, H-20 stealth bomber, Sharp Sword stealth UAV and hypersonic weaponry.
Work on the J-20 began in the late 1990s, and the Chinese went forward on the assumption that it could be 25 years or more before they had a competitive stealth fighter-bomber in service. The twin ...
In the 1990’s, the J-20 emerged from China’s J-XX program. By 2016, the fighter made its public debut at the Zhuhai Air Show in Guangdong and is manufactured by the Sichuan-based Chengdu ...
China announced in February that its new J-20 stealth fighter jet is going into combat service, with the hopes that the aircraft will narrow the military gap with the US. First shown to the public ...
The J-20 is a twin-engine, fifth-generation stealth fighter aircraft. It was the first operational stealth aircraft in Asia. The J-20’s first test flight was on January 11, 2011. It entered service in ...
A pair of Chengdu J-20 stealth fighters performed a demonstration flight at China's largest aviation expo with their missile bays open, showing off the onboard weapons for the first time.
The J-20 will enhance China’s presence in the East China Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, allowing China to greater ...