China’s J-20 stealth fighters conduct first sea training mission — and they could enter Taiwan’s airspace ‘sooner or later’

Business Insider
May 10, 2018
By: Liu Zhen

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• China’s home-grown Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter has carried out sea training for the first time, but the PLA didn’t specify where or when.
• The drill was conducted over the sea in “actual war conditions” to “further upgrade the air force’s combat capabilities,” Senior Colonel Shen Jinke said on the air force’s official microblog.
• Beijing-based military analyst Zhou Chenming said the sea training indicated that the fighter jet would be sent to Taiwan and the contested South China Sea in the future.

China’s home-grown Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter has carried out sea training for the first time as the air force seeks to boost its combat readiness amid rising tensions with Taiwan and a regional arms race.    [FULL  STORY]