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Navy video hints of new stealth aircraft

By ZHAO LEI | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2023-03-01 01:08
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The People's Liberation Army Navy could soon have a new carrier-borne combat aircraft, named by observers as the J-35, according to a recruitment video published by the navy.

In the video, released on Monday evening, a young naval pilot from an aircraft carrier aviation unit is ordered to undertake a new, challenging task and walks toward what appears to be a stealth fighter jet.

Due to secrecy considerations, there is a blurriness to the presentation, but the stealth aircraft appears to have a typical aerodynamic design and a characteristic only used on carrier-based planes – folding wings. Its appearance is quite different from that of the J-15, a conventionally-shaped fighter jet currently deployed on Chinese aircraft carriers.

This is the first time the navy has hinted at a new carrier-borne fighter jet since the J-15 came into service a decade ago.

Song Zhongping, a military affairs commentator and retired officer from the PLA, said on Tuesday that judging by the aircraft's features seen in the video, the new jet is the J-35.

Military observers have long been speculating about the possible features of a new-generation carrier-borne combat plane.

Several pictures of a middle-sized stealth fighter jet circulating on Chinese weapons websites have reinforced assertions that the new plane is nearly ready for delivery.

The J-15, built by the AVIC Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, is regarded as the spearhead of China's carrier force.

Though the jet has strong capabilities comparable to those of Russia's Su-33 and the United States' F/A-18 Hornet, analysts have said it is not good enough to confront stealth aircraft, and therefore China needs to develop a new type to handle challenges from neighboring navies equipped with such jets.

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