Avic's J-31 Fighter Is a Winner After All
By Bradley Perrett & Stephen Trimble, Aviation Week: “Not long after the J-31 fighter prototype from Avic's Shenyang Aircraft Corp. appeared in 2012, analysts realized that it was not, after all, a new combat aircraft for the Chinese military.”
(Stars & Stripes) For almost two decades, China has been designing and building its answer to America’s B-2 long-range stealth bomber, and Chinese state media have recently hinted that the Hong-20 will soon undergo trial flights.
// Patrick Tucker
America seems to have squandered a 10-year head start.