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Japan's defence ministry said on Monday it scrambled a fighter jet to monitor a Chinese BZK-005 military drone spotted flying between Japan's westernmost Yonaguni island and Taiwan in the morning.
The preliminary search for a replacement for the ROCAF's F-5s and F-104s began with the XF-6 indigenous fighter project, later renamed Ying Yang, in the late 1970s.After the US established formal relations with China and ended the Mutual Defense Treaty with Taiwan, President Chiang Ching-Kuo decided to expand the indigenous defense industry and on August 28, 1980, ordered AIDC to design an ...
The J-20 emerged from the late-1990s J-XX program. In 2008, the PLAAF endorsed Chengdu Aerospace Corporation 's proposal, Project 718. Chengdu had previously used the double-canard configuration in the J-9, its first design and cancelled in the 1970s, and the J-10. [ 17][ 18] In 2009, a senior PLAAF official revealed that the first flight was ...
The Mitsubishi F-X (unofficially called F-3) is a sixth-generation stealth fighter in development for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). It is Japan's first domestically developed stealth fighter jet and will replace the Mitsubishi F-2 by the mid-2030s. [ 1] Its development is to also bolster the nation's defense industry and potentially ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's defence ministry on Friday said it scrambled jet fighters to monitor Chinese air force bombers and drones flying near the country's southwestern Okinawa island and Taiwan.
July 11, 2024 at 2:52 AM. By Ben Blanchard and Roger Tung. TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan said on Thursday that it was closely watching the Chinese military, which it said posed a rising threat to the ...
Produced. 2020-Present. Number built. 4 Prototypes and 27 serials (December 2023) [ 3][ 4] Developed from. AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo. The AIDC T-5 Brave Eagle ( Chinese: 勇鷹; pinyin: Yǒngyīng) is a transonic advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft developed by the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) of Taiwan.
China sent navy ships and a large group of fighter jets toward Taiwan, continuing its military pressure on the island, Taiwan’s defense ministry said Thursday. China claims self-ruled Taiwan as ...