(RT) – The images of China’s latest warplanes, which appeared online this week, are a bold “invitation” to an arms race for a next-generation fighter, Dmitry Stefanovich, a military researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has told RT.
The videos and photos posted to social media on December 26 show two previously unseen tailless jets – a larger diamond-shaped aircraft, and a smaller plane with an arrow-wing-shaped airframe. While Beijing has not spoken publicly on the matter, the display sparked discussion in the international media, with some observers suggesting the aircraft could be the first sixth-generation fighter planes.
“So far, we have only seen two variants of experimental aircraft,” Stefanovich said. “Presumably, one of them can be tailored for strike missions that involve attacks on ground and, perhaps, naval targets, while another one is tasked with dominating the skies and controlling the airspace.”
The images of China’s latest warplanes, which appeared online this week, are a bold “invitation” to an arms race for a next-generation fighter, Dmitry Stefanovich, a military researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has told RT.
The videos and photos posted to social media on December 26 show two previously unseen tailless jets – a larger diamond-shaped aircraft, and a smaller plane with an arrow-wing-shaped airframe. While Beijing has not spoken publicly on the matter, the display sparked discussion in the international media, with some observers suggesting the aircraft could be the first sixth-generation fighter planes.
“So far, we have only seen two variants of experimental aircraft,” Stefanovich said. “Presumably, one of them can be tailored for strike missions that involve attacks on ground and, perhaps, naval targets, while another one is tasked with dominating the skies and controlling the airspace.”
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