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The Chinese air force saved the big guns for the last time during its biennial air show in Zhuhai, piloting its new stealth fighters with full missile charges Sunday for the first time in a public exhibition .
According to a report released last year by the China Power Project of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the J-20 could be a strategic challenge for key components of the US air fleet, such as tanker aircraft, as well as early warning, command and command systems. control plane, it's armed with long-range air-to-air missiles.
On Sunday, the J-20 showed this ability in what the Xinhua press service called a "spectacular" air show "on the last day of the Airshow China, which lasts six days, during which the PLA displays and markets its equipment military.
In a Xinhua video, two J-20s shouted over the huge crowd at Airshow China with the doors of the open bomb bay, showing four long-range missiles mounted on the inside. Two missiles were also mounted under the wings of the jets.
According to the post, the arrival of J-20 would change the balance of air forces in the Asia-Pacific region. "In the past, only the United States and its allies, like Japan, were able to arm stealth fighter jets, but now their monopoly in this region was broken by the Chinese J-20."
The display of J-20 missiles was easily the highlight of the Zhuhai show, which APL often uses to unveil new military systems.
The other flights last week of the J-20, presented to the public at the last Zhuhai show in 2016, have generated little enthusiasm.
Analysts have noted that fourth-generation fighters appeared to be equipped with Russian engines rather than Chinese engines.
"The absence of Chinese-built engines on the J-20 indicates that China is still struggling to master the advanced technology of jet engines," said Peter Layton, a former Australian Army officer and chief executive officer. currently a member of the Griffith Asia Institute.
After the completion of the Zhuhai Air Show, China touted its jet engine technology in an article published Monday on the PLA's English website, citing an earlier performance in Zhuhai's show of its Jet J -10B, a non-stealth fighter, using "thrust vector" technology.
Push vector technology uses a nozzle on the exhaust of a jet to change direction. This allows the aircraft to change direction faster than using control surfaces on its wings and tail.
"China has mastered a state-of-the-art aeronautical technology currently dominated by the United States and Russia, which is expected to give combat aircraft better combat capability," the post said.
However, Layton said China remains 10 to 20 years behind the leaders in strong vectorization.
"It would have been more impressive to show that (vector hunting) had already flown into the J-20 stealth fighter, but that was not the case, which would reduce its impact on foreign observers," he said. .
