America’s Next Stealth Fighter Will Rule the Skies



America’s Next Stealth Fighter Will Rule the Skies. The crowning achievement of the Chinese aircraft manufacturer Chengdu, the J-20 Mighty Dragon, entered service for the People’s Liberation Army’s Air Force. It was the world’s first operational stealth aircraft to be designed outside the United States, and its introduction brought America’s three-decade monopoly on stealth aviation to an immediate end.

The Mighty Dragon looked similar to the best fighter in the sky today, America’s F-22 Raptor. But F-22 production was halted in 2011 after just 186 jets. Today, fewer than 120 are fit for combat. And as each day passes, America’s F-22 fleet inches closer to retirement while China’s J-20 fleet continues to grow. To keep up, the U.S. has been secretly developing its next generation of stealth fighters over the past nine years

source

2 thoughts on “America’s Next Stealth Fighter Will Rule the Skies”

  1. Time has proven again and again you can spend hundreds of billions to develop an aircraft and the enemy will always find a relatively cheaper way to destroy it! The F35 is claimed to be superior in almost every aspect but has not really been battle proven! It can only really prove it's mettle when it flies into battle against state of art defense systems, not like those in Iraq or Kuwait!

    Reply

Leave a Comment