New reports from recent PLA military drills suggest a Chinese Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter approached a key Taiwanese airbase near Pingtung, raising questions about detection, air defense readiness, and strategic signaling amid intensifying regional exercises.

Summary and Key Points: Defense analyst Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, evaluates reports that researchers at the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center have identified potential stability flaws in the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider.

February 16, 2025: In late 2024, photos of China’s new J-36 stealth fighter appeared. The photos showed a tailless double delta flying wing design. This enhances stealth and only one J-36 is flying as a development aircraft. Previously Chinese officials ...

A video reportedly shows the Chinese J-20 stealth fighter jet in so-called "beast mode," a weapons configuration in which the aircraft carries missiles under its wings. The Chinese Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The MEMRI Chinese Media Studies Project has released a video posted December 15, 2025 by Chinese military analyst Qianmiao on his YouTube channel on the recent maiden flight of China’s new CH-7 flying wing unmanned stealth bomber.

A military aircraft does not just vanish into thin air. What it means when the word 'stealth' is coined with any military aircraft is that engineers have conditions under which detection becomes difficult enough to matter when the stakes are high.

A new Chinese stealth fighter debuted at the Zhuhai international airshow earlier this month. The Chinese made twin-engine J-31 fighter signals to U.S. industry analysts that China may be planning to sell them on the market as an alternative solution for ...

A Chinese state broadcaster has released grainy footage and photographs purporting to show a test flight of the country’s most advanced stealth fighter yet, just days after Donald Trump announced the start of a project to build an American equivalent.