For a long time, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union have been the leaders in technologically advanced fighter jets. Recently, however, China has been catching up in terms of ...

The Chengdu J-10 Firebird was the People’s Republic of China’s first attempt to develop a fourth generation fighter comparable to the American Boeing F-15C Eagle and Lockheed Martin F-16 Falcon as ...

China’s iterative mass production model has already made it the world’s greatest producer of finished goods. It will soon apply that same mentality to warplanes and weapons. Chinese planes hedge ...

Chinese state media released a report promoting the Chengdu J-10 in what could be part of broader efforts to market the multirole fighter jet to foreign buyers. China has leveraged its rapidly ...

China has proven through its modern fighter jet design that it is ready to take on its Western counterparts in dogfight scenarios. The J-10 defeated French Rafales in the Pak-India combat of May 2025.

China appears to have crossed a decisive threshold in airborne strike warfare with the first publicly observed integration of ...

The J-10 is a single-engine, single- or two-seat interceptor/ground-attack aircraft powered by a Lyulka Saturn AL-31FN turbofan rated 27,560 lb. thrust with reheat ...

The first flight of the J-10 combat aircraft occurred in March 1998. The single-engine, single or two-seat interceptor/ground-attack aircraft is powered by a Lyulka ...