Meet the J-35: China’s Answer to the F-35 Stealth Fighter and U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Power

Meet the J-35: China’s Answer to the F-35 Stealth Fighter and U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Power

China may soon operate its J-35 stealth fighter from all three of its aircraft carriers — a significant upgrade to the PLA Navy. Only the new carrier Fujian, with its electromagnetic catapult, can launch the J-35 today, but China is reportedly modifying the older ski-jump carriers Liaoning and Shandong to match it. A carrier-based counterpart to the J-20, the J-35 is China’s answer to the U.S. F-35. Even so, analysts say America’s carriers still…