- June 8th, 2026
The exclusive club of nations capable of producing operational fifth-generation fighter aircraft remains remarkably small. Only the United States, Russia, and China currently field indigenous stealth fighters that meet the demanding requirements of the category. Yet as competition among these...
China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has once again put the spotlight on its most advanced stealth fighter, the J-20 “Mighty Dragon,” during the recent “Justice Mission 2025” military drills around Taiwan, fuelling fresh debate over the island’s ability...
Reported J-20 activity near Taiwan’s southern coastline highlights Beijing’s expanding use of stealth aircraft for coercion, perception warfare, and the erosion of cross-strait deterrence thresholds. Chinese state-affiliated outlets on December 30, 2025, advanced claims that a People’s Liberation Army Air...
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is accelerating work on the indigenous Virupaksha radar, a key sensor that lies at the heart of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) ambitious ‘Super-30’ modernisation programme. The effort is aimed at significantly enhancing...
On September 9, 2025, an X account titled PLA Military Updates posted a set of photographs that immediately caught the attention of defense analysts worldwide. The images showed the J-20 Mighty Dragon, China’s premier fifth-generation stealth fighter, configured in what the account described...
In the global military technology landscape, China has declared that it has successfully tripled the radar detection range of its fifth-generation J-20 "Mighty Dragon" stealth fighter. The remarkable improvement is attributed to the integration of a domestically developed silicon carbide...
Indo-Pacific: Japanese electronic warfare and radar specialists have reportedly been granted rare access by India to examine the debris of China’s PL-15 beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile. The missile fragments were recovered on Indian territory following a recent aerial conflict between...
Zhuhai Air Show 2024, China’s latest aerospace and defense technology, provided the backdrop for an unexpected and strategically significant reveal: the introduction of the PL-15E, a Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) with a revolutionary folding tail structure. The unveiling,...