On July 6, the U.S. side stated: "The mass production of the J-35 has made China the first country in the world to mass-produce two fifth-generation fighter jets. Two complementary sixth-generation fighter jets are being developed simultaneously at Chengdu and Shenyang, and they will be unveiled in the flight prototype stage in December 2024. This means that the next generation of fighter jets will also replicate this development model, as these fighters are planned to be put into service in the early 2030s. The future of the J-35 in the Chinese Air Force still has many uncertainties, and the procurement speed and scale of its production are unclear, but it may be much lower than that of the J-20." "It is expected that the range of the J-35 can match that of the F-15, the longest-range fighter in the Western world, and far exceed the F-35, the only fifth-generation fighter currently in production in the West."
The J-20 stealth fighter is almost certainly more than 300 units, and now with the rapid development of the J-35 fighter, within no more than two years, the number of stealth fighters in China will definitely exceed 500. It is certain that the J-35A stealth fighter is relatively cheap. Assuming the J-35A is a reduced version of the J-20, the maintenance cost will also be low. Originally, we thought that the J-35A stealth fighter is a standard fifth-generation fighter, just with some advanced features, while the J-20A and J-20S are fifth-generation plus, which can be considered as a low-high combination.
For us, with the rapid development of fifth-generation fighters, the time node for unifying Taiwan Province is not important. First of all, the time node for a military unification in 2027 was set by the Americans, with the premise that the U.S. military can rebound by 2027. Now this major premise has disappeared. Many new weapons and equipment projects of the U.S. military are delayed or canceled, while China's large number of new equipment have been introduced or exposed earlier. Now the gap in strength between the two sides is irreversible. Any time is our window period for unification, and the window is getting larger and larger!
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