China’s Defense Ministry has released the first-ever footage of the Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon stealth fighter firing an air-to-air missile and demonstrating the fifth-generation warplane’s combat readiness. Here’s everything we know about this unique Chinese combat platform and its onboard complement of weapons.
Beijing has great faith in the capabilities of the J-20, its first fifth-generation stealth fighter, and it has gone to great lengths to see that production has sped up considerably.
China for the first time displayed a live-fire missile launch by a J-20 stealth fighter jet in a celebration video released on Friday, a day ahead of the 74th founding anniversary of the Chinese People s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force.
On paper, the J-20 has some advantages while the F-22 boasts others. Practically, however, as General Kenneth Wilsbach, head of U.S. Air Forces Pacific said “I don’t think that [the J-20] is a dominating aircraft at this point, compared to what we have.” While the Chinese aerospace industry is undoubtedly making great strides in producing advanced aircraft, the U.S. still has
Despite having to hide its munitions in an internal weapons bay to achieve a high level of stealth, China s J-20 stealth fighter jet can still launch missiles under extreme battlefield environments, bringing tactical advantages in combat, the chief test pilot of the aircraft revealed recently.