March 2, 2021
Deathmatch: How Do China's Fighter Jets Compare to the U.S. Air Force?
The Chinese air force is developing a two-tier fighter fleet.
Here's What You Need to Know: Despite China's rapid improvement of its fighter force, it's still smaller and less modern than is that of its main rival.
While observers focus their attention on China's new J-20 stealth fighter, the Chinese air force steadily is improving and building more copies of an only slightly less sophisticated fighter: the J-10.
Much like the U.S. Air Force with its mix of stealthy and non-stealthy fighters, the Chinese air force is developing a two-tier fighter fleet. Alongside a handful of radar-evading J-20s, Beijing is acquiring hundreds of more-conventional J-10s.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/deathmatch-how-do-chinas-fighter-jets-compare-us-air-force-179087
