Source: World Wide Web
A few days ago, the domestic media reported on the actual combat training of the Chinese Air Force's J-20 stealth fighter, especially the night combat drill, which attracted the attention of the Indian media, and called this cutting-edge fighter a "stealth beast." Indian media also quoted anonymous experts as saying that the Chinese Air Force's J-20 "Weilong" fighter is targeting the (India's) S-400 air defense missile system.
Screenshot of the Indian media report
According to the Indian media "Eurasia Times" quoted CCTV on January 16, a number of J-20 fighters of the Chinese Air Force took off at night and conducted combat exercises with simulated imaginary enemies. In addition to air-to-air combat, the J-20 also demonstrated other capabilities, such as attacking ground targets and electronic warfare.
According to the report, CCTV reports pointed out that the J-20 fighters participating in the exercise were not seen using "Longbo lenses". The lens is a radar reflector that allows stealth aircraft to be seen by radar during training or during non-combat flight. According to a Chinese expert, this shows that the J-20 has abandoned stealth capabilities in favor of focusing on training other skills. In real combat, a formidable adversary may develop some techniques to identify stealth aircraft, so this training is crucial.
CCTV reported a screenshot of the night training of the J-20 fighter
The Eurasian Times quoted an anonymous veteran observer as saying that in addition to shooting down enemy fighters, early warning aircraft and tankers, the J-20 will also practice bombing enemy ground positions, including key military infrastructure, radar stations and missile defense system positions.
Since the stealthy J-20 fighters will not be detected, they may not be easily intercepted even in the face of the powerful S-400 air defense system. Therefore, it is likely that the Chinese Air Force is practicing with J-20 fighter jets against the S-400 system, as India is now beginning to put this air defense weapon into service.
The Global Network Military noted that the headline of the Eurasian Times report directly referred to the J-20 as an "invisible beast".
According to an earlier report by the "CCTV News Client," a certain brigade of the Air Force Aviation Corps, formerly known as the first batch of ace units formed by the People's Air Force, the first to participate in the war, and the first to win a victory, shot down and wounded 88 enemy planes on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. On June 18, 2021, the Chinese Air Force released the news that "several heroic units of the People's Air Force are equipped with J-20 fighters", announcing the rebirth of this heroic unit.
Since the change of uniforms, this brigade has resolutely implemented the concept of leading training with combat and promoting war with training, and has always proceeded from difficult and strict training to actual combat, so as to promote the deep coupling between combat and training.
According to reports, at an airfield of the Air Force, four J-20 fighters have slid out of the shed one after another. In the training that night, they were grouped in pairs, attacking and defending each other's red and blue opponents, and training in night air combat courses. This was the first night flight training since the start of the brigade's new year's training, and the pilots did not adapt to the adjustment time, and the first night training entered the actual combat air combat competition.
Li Ling, commander of a certain brigade of the Air Force Aviation Corps, said: In order to improve the combat capability at night, after the start of training in the new year, we have increased the difficulty and intensity of night navigation training, normalized the actual combat training in the middle of the night and at dawn, and forged an iron fist in the air that can be fought at any time.
The report mentioned that the rapid development of the J-20 fighter in the past 11 years confirms the rapid improvement of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Air Force. Compared with the third-generation fighters in active service, the J-20, a new generation of domestic stealth fighters, has good stealth performance, excellent maneuverability and high situational awareness ability, and has the advantages of discovering the first enemy, firing the enemy first, destroying the enemy first, and disengaging the first enemy.