The Shenyang Aircraft Corporation's J-35 is elevating China's naval capabilities, potentially shifting the balance of power at sea in favor of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
Reports have circulated online that a mockup of China's J-35 carrier-capable fighter aircraft was being employed in tests aboard the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) aircraft carrier Liaoning.
The deal to buy fifth-generation FC-31 Gyrfalcon jets reflects Pakistan and China’s ‘joint strategy and synergy to neutralise the threat emanating from India’, analysts say.
Also known as the FC-31, the prototype looks like the naval variant of the Chinese Shenyang J-35 and is a direct competitor to the America s F-35 II Lightning, widely regarded as the most advanced fighter jet in the world.