September 23, 2018
Why China's Stealth Fighters Would Get 'Shot Down' In a War with America
It would not be pretty. We explain.
by Dave Majumdar
Fifth-generation aircraft such as the F-22 and F-35 have cockpit displays that indicate to the pilot the various angles and ranges from which their aircraft can be detected and tracked by various enemy radars. The pilots use that information to evade the enemy by making sure to avoid zones where they could be detected and engaged. It is a technology that took decades for the United States to master—through a lot of trial and error.
The United States Air Force would maintain an “asymmetric†advantage over potential adversaries in the Western Pacific even after the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force inducts the Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter into operational service. That’s the contention of the service’s top uniformed officer—who was asked about the potential geopolitical implications of the introduction of the new Chinese warplane.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-chinas-stealth-fighters-would-get-shot-down-war-america-31817
