Leaked images on Chinese social media reveal three new Chinese combat aircraft, including a large, diamond-shaped stealth fighter dubbed the J-36. The images suggest that Beijing is rapidly developing its air power capabilities.
Revelations of three new combat aircraft including a first view of the new stealth fighter J-36 are likely to be intended as a signal to the US amid heightened tensions. Fighter jet suggest that Beijing is rapidly closing the gap in air power with the US, according to military aviation specialists.
Over the past week, images showing three new aircraft in action have appeared on Chinese social media without being announced by Beijing, while the Chinese navy has launched a new amphibious assault ship and aircraft carrier. The first leaked pictures on 26 December showed a supersonic test flight of a model dubbed the J-36 due to its serial number, a large diamond-shaped, tailless war plane with three engines, according to aviation experts. Chinese military bloggers later released images of a second new combat aircraft with a similar shape but smaller and with only two engines that analysts believe is produced by the Shenyang Aerospace Corporation, a favoured supplier of China’s military. Chinese media and social media have also published the first images purporting to show the KJ-3000 early warning and control aircraft, which is said to feature The new designs surprised many analysts and even the US defence establishment, he added, noting that no reference to them appears in the 2024 annualAnalysts agree that the new designs represent significant advances for the Chinese military, while puzzling over their exact functions and capabilities, and when they could enter service. The flat, tailless design of the J-36 will reduce its radar signature and allow it to avoid detection, said Newdick, and its size and power could indicate high capacity for fuel and weapons. “We can say they are clearly designed to be very stealthy – a higher degree of stealth than we have seen before in a Chinese crewed aircraft,” he tol
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