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The Chengdu J-20A — the upgraded variant of China’s J-20 Mighty Dragon stealth fighter — is being assigned to top-tier PLAAF formations within direct...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force has deployed the upgraded J-20A stealth fighter to the 41st Air Brigade at Wuyishan Air Base in Fujian...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Chengdu J-20 made its maiden flight on January 11, 2011, deliberately timed to coincide with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ meeting with Chinese...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
When Shenyang rolled the FC-31 Gyrfalcon out of its hangar in 2012, nobody took it seriously. The aircraft had no customer, used Russian engines,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Pentagon is moving to fast-track the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation carrier-launched stealth fighter after months of internal debate over whether the program could...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Pentagon has a problem flying mock dogfights against China’s J-20 and Russia’s Su-57. The U.S. doesn’t actually have either aircraft to throw into...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Would a Chinese pilot ever defect with his or her J-20 stealth fighter? History says it could happen: Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko defected to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China continues its rapid military modernization and buildup. One of the systems that Beijing is interested in developing is its long-range strategic, nuclear-capable Xi’an...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Here’s an interesting fact: China’s all-robot “dark factories” can now churn out Chengdu J-20 “Mighty Dragon” fifth-generation air superiority fighters at a rapid rate....