However, most Chinese military aircraft are inspired by or copied from ... Beijing purchased a license to domestically build their own copy, the Shenyang J-11—but to Russia’s dismay, began ...

China’s J-15 “Flying Shark,” its first operational carrier-based fighter, was developed by reverse-engineering an unfinished ...

Key Points and Summary – China’s Shenyang J-35 stealth fighter, recently showcased as a scale model at the Paris Air Show, represents a strategic “one aircraft, multiple variants” approach, similar to ...

Japan this week confirmed that two Chinese aircraft carriers have operated together for the first time in the Pacific.

The jet is an unlicensed copy of a Soviet-made Su-33 prototype ... meaning it was primarily designed for China's growing fleet of aircraft carriers. In December, China unveiled an upgraded ...

By sending warships beyond Japan, the Chinese Navy is demonstrating its ability to project sea and air power far past its ...

China’s Shenyang FC-31 Gyrfalcon (also known as the Jian31 or J-31) has been described on more than one occasion as being a copy of the United States military’s Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.

Not only is China working hard to build new aircraft, but it's succeeding, having recently unveiled its newest fighter, the Shenyang J-35A. The J-35A is a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter ...

The KJ-500, an airborne early warning and control aircraft, participated in ... "I think the big issue with all Chinese weapons – including copies of Western equipment – is that they remain ...

Ironically, the J-7 and other Chinese copies of Cold War-era Soviet aircraft might achieve more success as drones than they did with a pilot in the cockpit. Global Times described the J-7 as ...

The imagery depicts Kim Jong Un closely examining the Saebyeol-4, which not only mirrors the RQ-4 in size and shape but also shares landing gear components with China's Chengdu Aircraft Industries ...

China’s three current aircraft carriers have the capacity to ... After refurbishing and then building a copy of the Varyag, a former Soviet carrier China purchased from Ukraine, China built ...