China has pretty much closed the gap. The biggest complaint about the Chinese air force was that it operated only 4th generation air crafts. These are fairly reliable planes that operates as your standard workhorse in an air war. But often than not the united states would hide behind the argument of fifth generation stealth, creating a line between the Chinese air force and their own. The J20 would help negate that argument as China too also possesses a fifth generation stealth aircraft.
I was never a big fan of stealth technology. But this aircraft would certainly assist in future political and military discourses. Finally closing that gap in conventional military technology.
Absolutely. Now that the images of the J20 flight test have been released. The suspense is over, and there is not much else to look forward to. The goal of the PLA and the CCP now is to ensure that this aircraft gets mass produced as soon as possible. A loose monetary policy would most definitely determine the speed of that endeavor.
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