F-35, China threatens US air superiority with its J-20s?
China has arranged J-20 stealth fighter patrols over the South China Sea, which demonstrates Beijing's growing assertiveness. The article by Giuseppe Gagliano
China has arranged J-20 stealth fighter patrols over the South China Sea, which demonstrates Beijing's growing assertiveness.
Nothing new in reality: last month in fact there was a close encounter between US F-35s and Chinese J-20s on the East China Sea.
According to US Pacific Air Force Commander Kenneth Wilsbach, US pilots have been "relatively impressed" with the command and control associated with the J-20. According to numerous military experts, the updates that China has implemented towards its fighter allow it to improve maneuverability and therefore allow it to increase its stealth capability by seriously and credibly threatening the American air superiority determined by the F-35.
Aside from the competition with the United States, the new Chinese stealth is not only able to outperform those of Singapore but also the multi-role fighters of the Philippines. Equally worrying updates arrive on the American front which only consolidate the concern expressed on these pages several times that Taiwan is the hottest spot right now in the relationship between the United States and China and that it could soon become another Ukraine.
An American delegation of six congressmen visited Taiwan on April 14 to express their political support. Following this provocative visit, the Chinese military organized military exercises around Taiwan on April 15. The statement by the spokesman of the Beijing Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijan according to which those who play with fire will be burned is very significant.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/f-35-la-cina-minaccia-la-superiorita-aerea-usa-con-i-suoi-j-20/ on Tue, 19 Apr 2022 07:06:40 +0000.