The 5th generation stealth fighter Shenyang J-35 took the US by surprise, and the F-35 is finding itself in a tight company, including the Su-57 and J-20 that could outfight a slower and less agile Joint Strike Fighter, which worries the USAF.
The unveiling of the Chinese Fujian Hull 003 with EMALS worries and threatens the US and its allies in the Indo-Pacific has raised the tension in this part of the world.