China's Stealth Fighter

China's Stealth Fighter The J-20 'Mighty Dragon' and the Growing Challenge to Western Air Dominance Language:English Format:Hardback Pages:224 Photos:32 color illustrations Publisher:Air World ISBN:9781036105501 Item No. 9781036105501 The United States and Soviet Union began a race to develop the first and most capable fifth generation stealth fighters in the late 1970s. The Cold War’s end, however, was followed by both a near total collapse of Russian efforts and major cuts and delays to American programs. This provided an opening for a rising and fast modernising Chinese defense industry to kick off its own ambitious program to produce a world leading fighter jet with next generation capabilities. Once unveiled, the program came to be seen as a herald of China’s rising status as a leading player in high tech and major world power.Development of the Chengdu J-20 began in the 1990s and has since consistently far exc