Air War: China’s Fighter Jets vs US Fighter Jets

Review by: The Center for Military Modernization 

250-Page Research book Details Chinese Fighter Jet Fleet

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“Red Dragon Flankers” –Analysis of China’s Fighter Jet Fleet

Do the Chinese J-20 and J-31 5th-generation stealth aircraft rival or surpass the US F-35 and F-22? Do upgraded variants of the J-10 outmatch upgraded US F-15s? These kinds of questions may be quite difficult to answer with any level of deep-dive technical specificity, yet they are likely of great significance to US weapons developers, commanders and senior leaders.

How much can be known or determined when it comes to Chinese fighter jet lethality, speed, sensing, targeting and overall air-combat capability? There are likely many unknowns to be sure, yet some cutting edge, in-depth research takes up these questions in great detail.

“Red Dragon ‘Flankers”

Andreas Rupprecht’s recently published “Red Dragon ‘Flankers’” offers what could be seen as rare and unprecedented insight and technological detail into “China’s Prolific Flanker Family.”