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It is unclear how much longer the United States and its allies can sustain its now distinct fifth-generation airpower advantage China is ramping up mass production of its J-20 fifth-generation stealth fighter at a pace that seems to reflect a desire to com Pet e with or rival the U.S. Navy’s fifth-generation air power projection capacity. “More J-20s have been commissioned across all the eastern, southern, western, northern and central parts of China, have flown greater distances, and are playing increasingly important roles,” the Chinese government-backed Global Times newspaper says. While only a land-launched stealth fighter, a J-20 would certainly be within reach of Taiwan and other critical areas throughout the Pacific theater, something which would be extended by the use of PLA-Air Force YU-20 tanker aircraft able to refuel J-20s launched from mainland China. “With the successful development of the domestic engine, the J-20 has entered mass production, and ...

It is certain that there are many capable and dangerous Military attack helicopter s in the world , but what is the best of the best? The two most capable and lethal attack helicopters are undoubtedly the Boeing AH-643 Apache Guardian that serves for the USAF and the Kamov Ka-52 The Mi-26 (NATO designation Halo) is a twin-turbine heavy-lift helicopter . It is the world ’s largest production helicopter . The Halo’s development started in the early 1970s. The designer’s goal was to produce a helicopter with a load capacity twice that of any contemporary helicopter . The first Mi-26 Halo prototype flew in December 1977 and was first displayed at the Paris Air Show in 1981. In 1982, Russian squadrons received their first Halos, which were not fully operational until 1983. In 1986, India was the first country to purchase a Halo. Since then Halos have been sold to nearly twenty countries. The cost of a Halo is between $10 million and $12 million. The Halo has the load-ca...