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CHINA J-20 face to face  USA.F-35.

in the China East Sea. 202203?

中國空軍J-20.曾經與美國空軍F-35.中國東海某空域,

較量飛行技巧? 不期而遇? 

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美國山姆大叔不爽快,中國空軍J-20.開始定期巡弋中國東海及南海.勢在必得攪亂和平搞亂中國南海及東海.

Mighty Dragon’ Awakens: China Confirms Deployment of J-20 Jets to Patrol East, South China Seas.

China’s J-20 fighters begin South China Sea patrols.

New and improved engines give stealth J-20 capabilities that may match US fighters in maneuverability and combat performance.

西方國家的空軍權威人士分析認為.202203.CHINA-20.Jet.已經換裝新的發動機,從飛機尾部噴出的火焰,可以研判該飛機已經成功運用新型中國製造的飛航專用的J-20.發動機,換句話說使得J-20.更具有戰鬥力,飛機的矢量推力增加,速度更為迅速,爬升高度更高且快速,並且有新的隱形塗料加強飛機隱形效能,這樣一來新型的J-20.勢在必行大量生產,佈署於中國東部及南部的空軍基地,這樣一來令駐日美國的空軍備感壓力,勢所難免要增加F-35.的數量,以及要求日本空軍加速操練使用F-35,因為日本購買美國100架的F-35.,經陸續交付日本使用,除此之外針對台灣的防空能力勢如破竹的壓制,因為J-20.是屬於全天候的戰鬥機,而台灣沒有夜間起降作戰的戰鬥機,傳聞202204.中國空軍J-20.在清晨AM:05:30.飛越台灣北部領空,由美軍通知台灣空軍,F-16/V.緊急起飛應戰?

.China deploys J-20 stealth fighter jets to units monitoring Taiwan Strait..

中國20戰機的開發與製造的中國航空工業集團幹部20220412日表示,J-20在東海,南海的飛航訓練將常態化。在東海所進行的飛航訓練是為了做戰鬥準備。.美軍的最新型匿蹤F-35戰機曾在東海近距離遭遇中國的殲20戰機。中國人民解放軍有意增加殲20的運用,以期當台灣有緊急狀況發生時,能提升阻止美軍靠近的能力。除此之外美國亦透露出J-20.曾經飛越台灣海峽進行監測台灣.

中國在負責台灣,東海的東部戰區,2019年開始部署J-20。

中國似乎已在負責南海的南部戰區部J-20.。

美軍掌握中國J-20的動向。美國太平洋空軍（USPacific Air Forces）

司令Kenneth S. Wilsbach透露,美軍的F-35戰機已於202203中國的殲20「遭遇」過至少一次,美國空軍認為中國J-20的飛航技術相當熟練。.

.We’re relatively impressed with the command and control that was associated with the J-20”, Wilsbach said at a conference hosted by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, a Washington, DC think tank. The commander noted that Chinese aviators had displayed “relatively professional flying”. Wilsbach also complained about the growing obsolescence of the US AWACS fleet, saying its E-3 Sentry aircraft were incapable of efficiently detecting the stealthy J-20s during their approach.

.202203美軍公開. CHINA J-20.飛行照片? 中國東海?

國際軍事戰略專家分析認為,中國空軍其實在2021年時期就已經開始不定期巡弋中國南海,東海等領空海域,202203.初美軍F-35.曾經與中國J-20.不期而遇於中國東海上空,據了解是靠近釣魚台列島附近的空域,雙方開啟敵我識別系統瞭解互相飛航資訊後,隨即離開此空域?

東海防空識別區的劃分(中國,台灣,日本)至今都有爭議,因為太多的區域管轄權是彼此重疊的領空?

如今中國J-20.戰鬥機將定期的巡弋中國東海及中國南海的領空,表示中國在其東南部的某些空軍基地增加了許多J-20.戰鬥機駐防,以因應未來的挑戰,同時也就是說告知美國空軍,日後不要任意的闖入中國東海及中國南海的領空,以免發生不必要的衝突事件.

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日本,韓國,中華人民共和國與台灣在東海防空識別區有明顯的重合部分。.

The East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (abbreviated ADIZ) is an air defense identification zone covering most of the East China Sea where the Peoples Republic of China announced that it was introducing new air traffic restrictions in November 2013. The area consists of the airspace from about, and including, the Japanese controlled Senkaku Islands (which are known as the Diaoyu Islands in mainland China and are claimed by mainland China as well as Taiwan) north to South Korean-claimed Socotra Rock (known as Suyan Jiao in China). About half of the area overlaps with a Japanese ADIZ, while also overlapping to a small extent with the South Korean and Taiwanese ADIZ. When introduced the Chinese initiative drew criticism as the ADIZ overlapped with the ADIZ of other countries, imposed requirements on both civilian and military aircraft regardless of destination, and included contested maritime areas.

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Chinese J-20 Meets US F-35 Stealth Fighter Jet For The First Time; Top US Air Force Official Describes The Encounter.

Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters have had at least one contact with Chinese J-20 jets revealed a top US Air Force General while also acknowledging that the Shaanxi KJ-500 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft plays an important role in long-range air-to-air kill chains.

General Kenneth Wilsbach, Commander, Pacific Air Forces, USAF, did not reveal when or if the F-35/J-20 encounter took place. He, however, discussed briefly the new Chinese stealth fighter’s function in a rare interaction.“It’s a bit early to say what they intend to do with the J-20, so really all we’ve seen it do is air superiority,” he says. “But we notice that they are flying it pretty well. We recently had – I wouldn’t call it an engagement – where we got relatively close to the J-20s along with our F-35s in the East China Sea, and we’re relatively impressed with the command and control associated with the J-20.”This revelation comes a few weeks after a carrier-borne USAF F-35 crashed in the South China Sea and caused a flurry of concerns in the US security establishment about a possible Chinese theft of the F-35 technology.

The admission of the encounter between F-35 and J-20 is also significant given the rising tensions between the two adversaries. The acrimony between the two has aggravated in recent times as China has been intimidating Taiwan and has not condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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American Appreciation Of J-20s

“We’re seeing relatively professional flying and it’s still too early to tell exactly what they intend to do with [the J-20] – whether it’s going to be more like an F-35 that’s capable of doing many, many missions or more like an F-22 that is primarily an air superiority fighter that has an air-to-ground capability.”

An air superiority fighter is an aircraft designed primarily to take control of enemy airspace by gaining tactical superiority over the opposing force. Air superiority aircraft are generally charged with engaging agile, lightly armed aircraft in aerial battle and eliminating any threat to airspace control, while some may also have a secondary role in air-to-surface strikes.

Apart from acknowledging the capability of the Mighty Dragons, USAF General Wilsbach also mentioned the KJ-500, which has been China’s primary AEW&C platform in recent years.

KJ-500 is based on the Y-9 tactical transport aircraft and is powered by four turboprop engines. In a fixed radome above the fuselage, the aircraft has a three-panel active electronically scanned array radar. This is thought to provide 360-degree radar coverage.

“The KJ-500 plays a significant role in some of their capability for long-range fires,” says Wilsbach. “Some of their very long-range air-to-air missiles are aided by that KJ-500. Being able to interrupt that kill chain is something that interests me greatly.”

A previous analysis by the EurAsian Times had explained that the J-20 fighters will most likely not be employed in close air dogfights and could be used in a ‘sniping mode,’ knocking out opposing aircraft, aerial tankers, air defense systems, ground-based radar installations and key fortifications.

The KJ-5OO aircraft could, thus, be instrumental in aiding precision kills using the PL-15 long-range air-to-air missiles as observed by the US General.

The PL-15 long-range air-to-air missile from China is thought to have a range of more than 107nm (200km). Chengdu J-10C, Shenyang J-11B, J-15 and J-16, Islamabad’s Pakistan Aeronautical Complex JF-17 Block 3, and the J-20 all carry this radar-guided weapon.

PL-15 as seen on a J-20 aircraft – Wikipedia

According to Wilsbach, the KJ-500 could identify and assign targets to Chinese fighters, who could then launch the active radar homing PL-15 from a significant distance.

The surprisingly pleasant remarks about Chinese aircraft are significant as the popular sentiment among the higher echelons of the US security establishment is that China could end the US military superiority by 2035.

During an Air Force Association meeting in September last year, US Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Brown Jr. declared the PLA had “the largest aviation forces in the Pacific” and had grown them “underneath our nose.” Brown also claimed that China would have eclipsed the United States’ air superiority by 2035, as previously reported by the EurAsian Times.

Further, after Japan inked the contract for F-35 fighter jets, the presence of these fifth-generation stealthy aircraft could only be expected to multiply in the future and more engagements could become a routine.It is pertinent to note that while the US General went on record to talk briefly on the supposed encounter between the two fighter jets; the Chinese PLAAF has maintained silence.

F-35 Vs J-20.The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a stealth multirole combat aircraft designed to execute both air superiority and strike missions. It is a single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft. It’s also capable of electronic warfare, as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.The F-35A is a conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft, while the F-35B is a short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft, and the F-35C is a carrier-based (CV/CATOBAR) aircraft.

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On the other hand, the Chengdu J-20 is a multirole stealth fighter aircraft designed to carry out ground assault missions even in difficult environments. The aircraft’s delta wings allow it to reach higher heights at supersonic speeds.The J-20 is the only operational fifth-generation stealth fighter jet in the world apart from the American F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and Russian Su-57.

As of 2021, China was known to have built 150 J-20 stealth fighters. On the other hand, the US Air Force (USAF) had over 280 F-35As. It intended to buy 1,763. This figure does not include the F-35’s B and C variants. Furthermore, an increasing number of allied countries have been purchasing F-35s.

In answer to a question on the J-20’s production capacity, Wang Haitao, deputy designer of the aircraft, told the Chinese government-controlled Global Times that China’s aviation sector can meet any level of demand from the PLA Air Force.In line with that commitment, China is now set to significantly ramp up the production of the J-20s that it has positioned as the pride of its fleet. While both, F-35 and J-20 have are both powers to reckon with in their own right, the rare acknowledgment of its flying prowess by a US General is intriguing.

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News of the patrols comes hot on the heels of reports last month of a close encounter between US F-35s and J-20s over the East China Sea. According to US Pacific Air Forces Commander Kenneth Wilsbach, US pilots were “relatively impressed” with the command and control associated with the J-20. 

However, Wilsbach also remarked that it is still too early to know how China will deploy the J-20, as it is not yet known whether the type is “going to be more like an F-35, that is primarily an air superiority fighter that has an air-to-ground capability.”

In a conference on April 12, Ren Yukun, head of the discipline inspection and supervision team at AVIC, said the J-20’s capability to conduct patrols over the South China Sea was enabled by its use of domestically-made engines, which is most likely the WS-15.  

This engine type significantly increases the J-20’s maneuverability and combat performance. According to Chinese military expert Wang Mingliang, the upgrades give the J-20 supercruise and super maneuverability, adding to its already formidable stealth capability and situational awareness to match US fighters such as the F-22 and F-35.

If China has indeed commenced J-20 patrols in the South China Sea, with its stealth fighters sporting engines of acceptable performance, these jets can seriously affect the air power balance in the disputed body of water and enable long-range strikes on US and allied bases in the Pacific.

No other claimant state in the South China Sea operates 5th generation fighter jets. As such, the J-20 presents a significant challenge to more advanced Southeast Asian air forces such as that of Singapore, which arguably operates the most advanced fighter fleet in the region.

The J-20 will utterly overmatch weaker air forces such as that of the Philippines, which has no multi-role fighters. However, it is possible that China will deploy its J-20 only in the most high-risk scenarios, as they are expensive to operate and too valuable to lose.

Against these relatively weaker air forces, China may choose to employ aerial attrition warfare rather than risk its most advanced assets. Even without the J-20, China still enjoys a numbers advantage versus rival claimants’ air forces.China could choose to conduct intensive and persistent patrols over contested areas in the South China Sea, forcing claimant states’ air forces to respond beyond their capability, inducing fatigue, increasing chances of miscalculation and force equipment losses through wear and tear.

These newer engines may also enable the J-20 to perform its possible intended mission to conduct long-range strikes into complex air defense environments far from Chinese mainland airbases, before retreating into the safety of China’s air defense network.Initial J-20 prototypes used less powerful Russian Saturn 117S and Chinese WS-10C engines. However, these engines did not have enough power to reach desired speeds, with the lack of thrust potentially making the J-20 vulnerable in dogfights with US fighters.

Moreover, these less powerful engines preclude the use of directed energy weapons such as lasers and microwaves aboard the J-20 and may hinder further development of the type as an optionally-manned fighter.For some time, the J-20 used Russian-made AL-31F engines, used by Russia’s Su-35 heavyweight fighter which China also operates. However, a Chinese defense industry insider remarked that it is not feasible to depend so much on Russian engines, as Russia insists that China purchase more Su-35s to obtain more engine units.

The same insider, who requested anonymity, mentioned that longer range is the sole advantage the Su-35 has over comparable Chinese fighters such as the J-16, with the former’s radar, navigation system and other electronic components all being inferior.

China has long struggled to produce quality jet engines for its air force, a key bottleneck in its air force modernization program. In the 1990s and 2000s, China attempted to copy certain Russian engines but produced inferior underpowered copies with very low lifespans.Russia is also aware that China has poached its Su-27 design and made its own unlicensed copy. Moscow does not sell standalone engine units, which makes reverse engineering on the part of China extremely difficult.China still faces technical hurdles in manufacturing jet engines, as it has not yet perfected its jet engine metallurgy and precision machining processes. Moreover, China’s state-run defense companies have long struggled with innovation and research, and are better attuned to reverse-engineering and manufacturing simpler components.

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