China's fifth-generation Chengdu J-20, its most advanced fighter jet, has recently successfully
completed its first maritime combat training.
Reports have emerged that a Sukhoi Su-30MKI of the Indian Air Force managed to detect
the latest Chinese Chengdu J-20 jet fighter, which is considered to be a top-of-the-line
stealth aircraft operated by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
In this video, Defense Updates how Chinese Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter got detected
by India’s Su-30MKIs?
Lets got started.
Indian pilots on Russian-made Su-30MKIs from Indian airspace managed to detect and track
the new Chinese jets when they were conducting flight training over Tibet.
The disclosure didn’t come from any independent analysts but from an official source.
Indian Air Force commander Arup Shaha said, "The Sukhoi's radar can see them.
The new Chinese jets are not so invisible after all.
No special technology is required to detect the J-20, as it can be detected by ordinary
radar stations.”
The Chengdu J-20 is a single-seat, twin-jet, all-weather, stealth fifth-generation fighter
aircraft developed by China’s Chengdu Aerospace Corporation for the People's Liberation Army
Air Force (PLAAF).
The latest Chinese jet has been in development since 2002 and entered into service in 2017.
J-20 is designed to be an air superiority fighter with precision strike capability.
As many military analysts point out the J 20 is basically a copy of F 35.
The Pentagon began the F 35 program in 2001with an aim to develop a cost-effective replacement,
for the U.S military’s F15, F16 fighter and F18 bombers and reconnaissance aircraft
and A10 close air support warplanes.
China obtained more than 50 terabytes of data from U.S. defense and government networks,
notably the Joint Strike Fighter’s stealth, radar and engine secrets, through cyber espionage.
The NSA estimated that the Chinese had conducted more than 30,000 cyber attacks as part of
the massive defense industrial espionage and that more than 500 attacks were significant
intrusions in Department of Defense (DOD) systems.
More than 1,600 network computers were penetrated and at least 600,000 user accounts were compromised
from the Chinese cyberspying.
In all, the NSA concluded that the Chinese compromised key components of F-35.
For example, designed details of AN/APG-81 active electronically scanned array radar
for the F-35 has been stolen.
Importantly critical aspects of F 35’s stealth capability moved to Chinese hand.
The Chinese stole data on the methods used by the turbine to cool gases emitted by F
35’s engine, along with leading and trailing edge engine treatments and engine heat reduction
data—all key elements of its stealth design.
The Sukhoi Su-30MKIis a twin-jet multirole air superiority fighter developed by Russia's
Sukhoi and built under license by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the
Indian Air Force (IAF).
A variant of the Sukhoi Su-30, it is a heavy, all-weather, long-range fighter.
It is the backbone of Indian Air Force and India has 240 of these.
It seems even with so much stolen data China has not been able to achieve much in terms
of having a stealthy fighter jet.
If the Su-30MKI with a decent radar can detect the J 20, then most rival fighter like Rafale,
Eurofighter Typhoon, F 22 and F 35 will be able to detect it.
It also means the traditional air defense systems will be able to target it.