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CHINA’S AIR FORCE IS ENORMOUS, BUT HAS A REALLY ENORMOUS PROBLEM || 2021 (CREDITS- WARTHOG DEFENSE)

Why America should be cautious of the Chinese J-16D electronic warfare plane

J-11 Fighter ( Credits- Youtube) Like America, China has developed a specialised variant of it's Shenyang J-16D which like the American EA-18G Growler is designed for electronic warfare. An in depth look by The National Interest at it's abilities and how it can prove to be an headache for the Americans at the time of war ( To the read the entire article, click here .....)

China's Military May Almost Have 3000 Aircraft, But What About Everyone Else?( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Robert Farley)

Chinese J-11 ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / USN) Source- The Diplomat Author- Robert Farley Earlier this week I wrote about the relative sizes of the U.S. and Chinese air forces, and how China needs to manage its anti-air “fortifications” in order to close the gap with the United States.  However, it’s worth a look to see how differently the major air forces of the Asia-Pacific have structured themselves. Let’s take the United States as a baseline (although the U.S. arrangement is one of the most unusual in the world, most people are familiar with the basic dynamics). As of December 2015, the United States operated 13,655 aircraft; 5,062 in the Air Force, 4,759 in the Army, 1,249 in the Marine Corps, and 2,585 in the Navy. Between the USAF, USMC, and USN, the United States flies 2,838 combat aircraft (fighters, bombers, and attack aircraft), constituting 21 percent of the total fleet. The rest of the U.S. air forces consist of helicopters and a wide array of su