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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

China to put new fighter aircraft to test soon

J-15 Flying SharkChina will soon put to test its newest fighter aircraft J15 Flying Shark in an indisputable evidence of its growing mastery of military technology. 'Media in China' splashed the close photograph of the fighter aircraft, indicating liberal attitude of the People's Liberation Army which has so far been very secretive about any military news.

The aircraft has passed the factory test and now awaits fighting test. The new aircraft is equipped with advanced anti-ship radar, self-guiding missiles, in contrast to gravity controlled bombs that largely populate China's existing 3200 aircraft fleet.

When deployed, J15 will signal the dawn of a new ability by China to assert authority over its coastline, the New York Times (NYT) in a report said today.

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