China revealed the J-20 stealth fighter's mission — and even the F-15 could likely wreck it - China's new J-20 stealth fighter.jpg

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* The makers of China's new J-20 stealth fighter revealed the combat mission of
the aircraft, and one of its key tasks would most likely see it getting shot
down by decades-old US and European fighter jets.

* The J-20 has an impressive stealth design and good missiles that make it ideal
for attacking some key targets that could degrade or even cripple the US
military.

* But when it comes to old-fashioned air superiority, which China says the J-20
will take on, the US's F-15 and Europe's Typhoon could most likely beat it with
ease.

* The US's top air-superiority fighter, the F-22, outclasses the J-20 by a wide
margin in terms of taking control of the skies.


.....As it stands, the J-20 couldn't match the F-15 or the Eurofighter Typhoon,
or even get close to an F-22, Bronk said.

"Against the F-15C and Typhoon, the J-20 has a lower radar cross section but
worse performance, and its air-to-air missiles are unlikely to yet match the
latest [US] series and certainly not the new European Meteor," Bronk said.

Bronk said that China had made great strides in air-to-air missile development
and was testing at an "extremely high" pace, so the capability gap could close
in a few short years.

But how does the J-20 stack up to the greatest air-superiority plane on the
planet today, the F-22?

"The F-22 likely significantly outperforms the J-20 in almost every aspect of
combat capability except for combat radius," Bronk said, referring to the
farthest distance a loaded plane can travel without refueling.

Undoubtedly, the J-20 represents a significant leap in Chinese might and poses a
serious and potentially critical threat to US air power in its ability to
intercept and launch deep strikes.

But in the narrow role of air superiority — beating the best fighters the other
side can offer to gain control of the sky — the US and Europe could most likely
beat down China's J-20 without much trouble.



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