China’s most powerful fighter jet begins patrolling the seas in response to US ‘threats’

The J-20, China’s most powerful and domestically advanced stealth fighter, has begun patrolling the East and South China Seas in routine training sessions.

According to Chinese state mediaExperts said Wednesday that the move will allow the advanced warplane to better protect Chinese territory, ensuring the security of airspace and maritime interests.

“With the J-20 changing to use engines developed in-house in China, it has become routine training for this type of aircraft for combat and warning patrols.”said Ren Yukon, head of discipline inspection and supervision and a leadership member of the state-owned Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), the J-20 manufacturer.

Raine’s announcement came after General Kenneth Welsbach, commander of the US Air Force in the Pacific, said in mid-March that US F-35 stealth fighter jets had recently been exposed close contact With Chinese J-20 stealth fighter jets over the East China Sea.

“It is certain that the J-20, as a new advanced equipment, will appear on potential battlefields, including at sea, Especially when advanced American warplanes like F-35 and F-22 are flying near China“by Global Times Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert.

Another member of China’s “20” family of aircraft, the large cargo ship Y-20, recently undertook a mission to deliver military goods to Serbia, which observers said could be the largest overseas operation by China’s domestically developed transport aircraft. .