China’s stealth fighter jets feature missiles during airshow show of force

November 13, 2018

Fox News:

China’s largest airshow featured a show of force Sunday, as the country showed off the missiles in its advanced J-20 stealth fighter jet during a flyover.

The two J-20 fighter jets opened their missile bay doors to the public and displayed the six missiles inside, the Global Times reported.

Chinese experts told the state newspaper the airshow demonstration, which was part of the celebration of the 69th birthday of the Chinese People’s Liberation Air Force, was to show off the aircraft’s superiority to U.S. fighter jets.

Four of the missiles in the J-20’s belly are long-range air-to-air missiles, while the two on the sides are short-range combat missiles intended for dogfights, Song Zhongping, a military expert, told the Global Times.

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