Could China's J-20 Stealth Fighter Take Out U.S. Tankers, Surveillance Planes, or Airborne Command Posts?

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Kris Osborne, National Interest: Could China's J-20s Take Out U.S. Tankers, Surveillance Planes, or Airborne Command Posts? 

Most likely not for a range of possible reasons. 

Here's What You Need to Remember: Could the Chinese J-20 5th generation stealth fighter succeed in destroying crucial U.S. tankers, surveillance planes or airborne command posts? The interesting question was posed by a London-based analyst cited in an article from Forbes magazine, raising the idea of whether such a prospect would, in fact, be true. 

The Forbes article makes the point that U.S. and allied air assets, at a deficit in terms of actual numbers, would rely heavily upon less stealthy surveillance assets such as an E-2D Hawkeye, Triton maritime drone or KC-46 tanker. 

“In wartime, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force likely would sortie J-20s to fly through the clutter of raging air battles along the Chinese coast, in the hope that the Mighty Dragons might punch through to the open air space of the western Pacific Ocean,” the Forbes article states. 

However, could this actually be possible? Most likely not for a range of possible reasons. 

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WNU Editor: If China wanted to take on the U.S. Air Force, they would first use their missiles to crater every US base in the Western Pacific, and then fly in their J-20s and other aircraft. In this type of engagement the U.S. Air Force would be limited in its operations and effectiveness. Mind you. The U.S. and its allies would then be launching their missiles at Chinese air fields and command posts.