China puts new J-20 stealth fighter into combat service in bid to narrow military gap with America

Saturday, February 10, 2018
By Paul Martin

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By ALASTAIR TANCRED
DAILYMAIL.COM
10 February 2018

China has put into combat service its new generation J-20 stealth fighter, a warplane it hopes will narrow the military gap with the U.S.

People’s Liberation Army Air Force spokesman Shen Jinke said the J-20 deployment would ‘help the air force better shoulder the sacred mission of safeguarding national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity’.

Shen was quoted by the South China Morning Post as saying the air force was moving towards a modernised military service that could operate in all fronts, and had become an effective force to control, contain and win a war.

The J0-20 is now reported to be ‘operationally ready’ after it officially entered military service in September and subsequently undergoing extensive drills.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is overseeing a sweeping modernisation of his country’s armed forces, the largest in the world, including anti-satellite missiles and advanced submarines, seeking to project power far from its shores.

In a short statement, the air force said the J-20 had been commissioned into combat units.

The J-20 will further raise the air force’s combat abilities and help the air force better carry out its ‘sacred mission’ to defend the country’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, the air force said.

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