China shows off J-20 stealth fighter

Posted on 2 Nov 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
The Chengdu J-20 was shown off by China at the Zhuhai air show. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.

For the first time ever, China has shown off its new J-20 stealth fighter to the media at a public air show.

The appearance of the craft over the weekend at the country’s major Zhuhai air show shows that China is now willing to reveal its designs to the wider world. Two J-20 aircraft performed a flyover of a crowd of journalists, spectators and foreign military delegations. Previously the J-20 had only been photographed at a distance…

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