China to buy 700 fifth-generation fighter planes: Report

Fifth generation fighter planes are going to be the future of armed forces across the globe.

According to a senior defence consultant Edward Hunt, several countries, including India, are pulling out all the stops to bolster their arsenal with the state-of-the-art machines.

Hunt, a consultant at Defence and Security, wrote in an article published in UK-based Jane's Defenc e weekly that China is planning to acquire close to 700 5th generation fighter planes.

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