Chinese Made J-20 Stealth Fighter High Technology System Stealth

The J-20 would pose the greatest immediate threat to Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing claims as Chinese territory to be recovered by force if necessary. Taiwan's air force is composed mostly of aging U.S. F-16s and French Mirage jets, and its electronic warning systems would find it difficult to cope with stealth technology.

The prototype plane dubbed the J-20 flew for about 15 minutes over an airfield in the southwestern city of Chengdu where it was spotted carrying out runway tests last week, Kanwa Asian Defense magazine editor Andrei Chang said. A Chinese stealth fighter would "seriously undermine the Taiwan air force's advantages," said Alexander Huang of Taipei's Tamkang University.

The appearance of the J-20, China’s first stealth fighter, and its first flight has fueled speculation in many areas. How many prototypes have been built? What are its engines? Was this the first flight? Photos leaked online just last week show a single aircraft engaged in taxi trials with two distinct engine nozzle types; unreliable eyewitness reports have said there are two aircraft, but there is no photographic proof of this.

Speculation on the engine type has centered on the Saturn AL-31FN and the WS-10G with Honglin FADEC system, with the latter seen as the most likely for the aircraft that made the public first flight. However, the high degree of finish of the aircraft, as well as the fact that the flight was undertaken in front of high-ranking dignitaries and in the full view of the general public, has led to suggestions that another “first flight” might have taken place previously at another, more secret location.

Chinese J-20 Stealth Fighter

Chinese Stealth Fighter J-20