China could display its J-10 fighter aircraft for the first time at the Zhuhai airshow in November, according to Chinese officials speaking during Singapore’s Asian Aerospace exhibition this month.
Built by the Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Corporation, the J-10 attempts to rival current fourth-generation Western fighters.
A single-engine, single-seat design, the multi-role J-10 will represent a significant capability advance for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, which will operate it alongside its future fleet of Russian-built and licence-manufactured Sukhoi Su-27SK interceptors.
Likely armaments for the design include a number of systems from Israel and Russia as well as licence-built Chinese weapons.
Taiwanese intelligence sources say the J-10 prototype is genuine
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March 19, 2002 at 5:44 pm