Thursday, August 2, 2012

J-20 can penetrate US air defenses: Russian media

A drawing by a Chinese artist of a J-20 shooting down a Japanese F-2 fighter. (Internet photo)
A drawing by a Chinese artist of a J-20 shooting down a Japanese F-2 fighter. (Internet photo)
The J-20, China's fifth-generation stealth fighter, is able to penetrate US air defense systems, according to a report from Russia's Military Analysis.
The report said that the stealth technology used by the J-20 is very similar to that used by the American F-22A. Its stealth capability is far better than the F-35 and even the Russian-built PAK FA fighter, it said. Considered a fighter-bomber similar to the US F-111 of the Cold War ear, the J-20's range would enable it to reach the Pacific second island chain of the Philippines and Guam. With mid-air refueling it could be extended further.


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