PLAAF

The most curious aspect of the J-36 footage seems to be the fact that the footage was taken at all. 

Sixth-generation planes are only a marginal enhancement over fifth-generation ones—and China has yet to fully build out their fifth generation. Why would Beijing still be investing in those systems if...

The J-35A is a perfect example of how the Chinese military has caught up to the United States military in many important ways.

The J-35A stealth fighter essentially scrambles the U.S. military’s air dominance strategy in the increasingly contested Indo-Pacific theater of operations.

China is stationing J-16 fighters in the South China Sea in an obvious attempt to assert greater control over the area.

With China’s mass production supremacy, once the H-20 passes whatever tests the PLAAF wants to run on it, the Chinese will have these systems at scale.

At the tail end of 2024, two new Chinese stealth fighter demonstrators were revealed. The separate designs put forth by manufacturers Shenyang and Chengdu stunned aviation buffs and military experts...

China is reportedly developing two stealth bombers: the H-20 strategic bomber and the JH-XX tactical bomber. If China is capable of finishing either project, the military implications for the region...

Last month, the People’s Republic of China appeared to have leapfrogged the United States in military aviation technology, as a previously undisclosed aircraft recently made its maiden flight. The aircraft...

The J-35 Gyrfalcon’s relationship with the F-35 Lightning II isn’t just adversarial. The two aircraft could be deemed “cousins.”  J-35 Gyrfalcon: Doesn’t it Remind You of Something?   In November,...

For the ninth time since Beijing and Moscow established their cooperation agreement in 2019 and the eighth since December 2023, Chinese and Russian aircraft took part in a “joint strategic...

A Big Mystery?: The Chinese JH-XX is a tactical stealth bomber reportedly under development alongside the strategic H-20 bomber, signaling China’s ambition to enhance its aerial capabilities with two advanced...