J20 Mighty Dragon: Asia's First Stealth Fighter: Technology@War #1 softcover
J-20 Mighty Dragon: Asia's First Stealth Fighter in the Era of China's Military Rise: Helion Technology at War Series #1 : Technology@War #13 T@W #1 softcover
The J-20 fifth generation stealth fighter program has epitomised China’s rise from a laggard in combat aviation into a world leader. J-20 Mighty Dragon: Asia’s First Stealth Fighter in the Era of China’s Military Rise details the J-20’s technologies, capabilities, production timeline, design priorities, roles, evolution, and the choice of brigades and locations where it has been deployed, the ways other countries have responded to it, and how the last 30 years of China’s industrial and technology sector modernisation positioned the country to produce what may well now be the world’s top air superiority fighter.
The J-20 program is the most high-profile indicator of a turning point in the balance of power between China and the United States, and has produced by far the most capable fighter that America or its allies could face in a potential conflict. An assessment of the history of Chinese air superiority capabilities, and how the Korean War in particular has influenced the country to place a very strong emphasis on the need to field a leading fighter for air-to-air combat, thus provides an important deeper understanding of the program.
Important context to understanding the J-20’s significance and its current global standing is provided by brief assessments of the positions of the Russian and American fighter industries. The parallel development of supporting assets from aerial tankers to electronic warfare planes is also explored for a better understanding of the much-transformed Chinese fleet which J-20s are being inducted into.
The program is also shown to have had a particularly significant influence in the United States, ranging from placing discourse on the F-35’s modernisation and on sixth generation fighter development in an entirely new context, to stimulating the formation of new counter-stealth aggressor training units, development of new air-to-air missiles, and acquisitions of E-7 ‘flying radar’ aircraft among many other responses to the new challenge.
J-20 Mighty Dragon: Asia’s First Stealth Fighter in the Era of China’s Military Rise is extensively illustrated with color photographs throughout and specially commissioned color artworks.
Published October 2024, 92 pages, 5 black & white and 150 color photos, 27 color profiles, color map, bibliography, softcover, A4 format 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" inches
Helion @War Series
The Helion at War series, which began publishing around 2010, covers wars from around the world broken down by region: Africa@War, Asia@War, Europe@War, LatinAmerica@War, MiddleEast@War and Technology@War . Some titles cover both ground and aviation aspects of the respective conflict, and some cover a subject over several volumes, broken down by time period. Each title contains extensive photographic coverage, in black & white and colour, detailed maps, as well as colour profiles and illustrations of aircraft, vehicles, and in some cases uniforms and weapons.
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