Some specs cut/paste from web.
Newscientist.com recently reported that the PRC is developing a
stealth fighter aircraft. Development of the fighter's engines and
weapons systems has begun at the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation in
northeast China. Photos show a model of a twin-engine aircraft,
dubbed the J-X, similar in appearance to the F-22, though with
angular features similar to those of the 20-year-old F-117
Nighthawk, and with a non-reflective coating, according to Janes
Defence Week.
China has also recently developed another fighter, the J-10
(Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Corp.), which is comparable to the US
F-16, although this has not been officially unveiled, according to
The Asia Times. Chinese engineers are said to have developed the
J-10 in as a hybrid of the F-16 one of which was supplied by
Pakistan and the Israeli Lavi fighter, cancelled in 1987. It is
reportedly equipped with Israeli and Russian avionics and the AI31F
turbofan engine from Russia. The J-10's radar and fire control
system is reportedly the Israeli-made ELM-2021 system, which can
simultaneously track six air targets and maintain a weapons lock on
four. The plane is said to have capabilities similar to the Su-27,
the Russian MiG-29 as well as the F-16, but with an estimated cost
of less than $10 million, it could rival other jet makers on the
international market.
Red Chinese J-10 Aircraft
