An earlier version of the J-31 stealth fighter pictured at the Zhuhai air show in southern China two years ago. Photo: Xinhua
Sebastien Roblin, National Interest: China's Air Force: 1,700 Combat Aircraft Ready for War
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force of China and its sister branch, the PLA Naval Air Force, operate a huge fleet of around 1,700 combat aircraft—defined here as fighters, bombers and attack planes. This force is exceeded only by the 3,400 active combat aircraft of the U.S. military. Moreover, China operates a lot of different aircraft types that are not well known in the West.
However, most Chinese military aircraft are inspired by or copied from Russian or American designs, so it’s not too hard to grasp their capabilities if you know their origins.
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WNU Editor: China has started manufacturing its next generation of fighters. Here is an easy prediction .... this 1,700 number is going to raise quickly in the years to come.
Nothing to worry about. A country that stole trillions from the world economies, to this day violates basic WTO agreements on fair trade, destroys the environment, imprisons people who speak out against the government, bullies and threatens its neighbours with war (see Vietnam), militarised the south china sea, helped the north Korean regime with selling them everything from rocket fuel to the mobile rocket launchers, made us wait 100 days at a critical juncture while the north Koreans improved their nukes and the list could go on for years
ReplyDeleteNothing to worry about. ...good bye Hong Kong freedom. .goodbye taiwan freedom. ..
Just wait in 5-10 years. You'll be wishing to have called them out while there was time