“In Asia, as in Europe, China’s military modernisation and concern over security policy is hastening military modernisation plans by regional states,” IISS added. While the new aircraft carrier attracted headlines, its investments in additional and more complex naval vessels continues apace while its air force is also improving its capabilities: numbers of J-20A combat aircraft have increased further and China has begun to field advanced military aircraft with domestically produced jet-engines,” IISS announced in advance of its report. China’s defence spending increase of 7.0% in the 2022 budget, over 2021 figures, is its largest in absolute terms. “China’s military modernisation remains the principal area of concern for Washington. John Chipman, director-general and chief executive of IISS, told reporters via an online launch event back in February for The Military Balance 2023 that China’s combat aircraft inventory has dramatically increased over just the past five years.
J-20 Has the Numbers Edge over F-22: Though the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is arguably the world’s most “superior” air superiority fighter, by the end of this year China will likely have more of its Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragons in service.īeijing has ramped up production of its domestically-built fifth-generation fighter, and the inventory of the J-20A will overtake the United States Air Force’s F-22, according to a report from the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) launched a few months ago.
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