China's J-20 Stealth Fighter Jet Has Just Conducted Its First Maritime Combat Training Exercise

SCMP: Chinese J-20 stealth fighter jets carry out first sea training mission

Drill was conducted in ‘actual war conditions’, China’s air force says

China’s home-grown Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter has carried out sea training for the first time as the air force seeks to boost its combat readiness amid rising tensions with Taiwan and a regional arms race.

It comes three months after the fighter jet was deployed to combat units as part of Beijing’s huge military modernisation programme.

The PLA air force announced on Wednesday that the training had taken place, without specifying where or when. The drill was conducted over the sea in “actual war conditions” to “further upgrade the air force’s combat capabilities”, Senior Colonel Shen Jinke said on the air force’s official microblog.

“It will enable the [PLA air force] to better defend national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity,” he said, without elaborating.

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