Can China's New J-31 Fighter Jet Defeat America's F-35 In Combat?

According to military experts Chinese J-31 can fully "fighting" with ultra-modern F-35 U.S.. However, the evaluation of the leading military experts, both Chinese J-31 and F-35 are U.S. 5th generation fighters. While the J-31 engines still use outdated Russian RD-93, the F-35 is equipped with today's most modern General Electric / Rolls-Royce F136. (In the photo: F-35 fighter J-31 upper and below). Pakistan Defence

Dave Majumdar, National Interest: America's F-35 Stealth Fighter vs. China's New J-31: Who Wins?

Recently revealed details concerning China’s Shenyang J-31 fighter suggest that the aircraft not only looks like the Pentagon’s Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), but it also offers comparable aerodynamic performance. But the real question is how far along Beijing has come in the development of subsystems like radars and engines. Moreover, there is the question of how well Chinese industry can integrate all of those disparate technologies into an operational aircraft.

On the surface, the J-31 looks very much like a twin-engine F-35 clone—and there are plenty of reasons to believe that the Chinese jet was based on stolen JSF technology—and could eventually be more or less a match for the American jet. “I think they’ll eventually be on par with our fifth-gen jets—as they should be, because industrial espionage is alive and well,” a senior U.S. military aviator told me last year.

WNU Editor: If an F-16 can win in a dogfight against an F-35 .... Apparently The F-35 Cannot Win In A Dogfight (Update) .... I can only assume that China's new J-31 will be up to the task .... if not now, definitely later.