The Pentagon's View on J-35: The Loss of U.S. Military Advantages and the Impact on the Asia-Pacific Strategic Balance

Recently, American military enthusiasts have disclosed more content, including how the Pentagon views the J-35. It is said that the Pentagon has already recognized that the J-35 has undermined the U.S. air superiority in the Asia-Pacific region, posing a major challenge to the strategic balance that two major powers have painstakingly built in the Western Pacific.

The electromagnetic catapult on the Fujian aircraft carrier can launch an aircraft once per minute, with the power consumption for a single launch equivalent to only half an hour of electricity usage for a small to medium-sized city. This technology allows the J-35 to take off quickly in a "full fuel + stealth configuration," significantly improving combat efficiency. In contrast, the situation for the U.S. "Ford" aircraft carrier is worrying. The flywheel energy storage technology used by the "Ford" is limited to the level of the 2000s, leading to a high system failure rate of one major fault every 400 sorties.

With the deployment of the J-35 and the Fujian aircraft carrier becoming operational, the U.S. "aircraft carrier advantage" in the Western Pacific will no longer exist. The J-35 has a combat radius exceeding 1,500 kilometers, covering the First Island Chain.

The KJ-600 early warning aircraft will expand the detection range of the aircraft carrier group to 500 kilometers, completely compensating for China's naval "air weakness." The U.S. Navy is trying to adjust its deployment to respond to the new situation. The joint operation between the British "Princess of Wales" aircraft carrier and the Indian "Vikrant" aircraft carrier in the western Indian Ocean is an example of the West strengthening its presence in the Indo-Pacific.

However, the F-35C faces the J-35 and lacks advantages in stealth performance and battlefield awareness. This is the first time the Pentagon has faced such an opponent, and the military advantage that was once present no longer exists; the only remaining one is psychological advantage.

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