Has China’s fifth-generation fighter the J-20 just accomplished a top-secret reconnaissance of the ongoing war game Vigilant Ace between the United States and South Korea, totally undetected by either military?
According to Chinese news portal Sina, yes. Evidence?
The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) said on its Weibo account on Monday that its reconnaissance aircraft, during a scheduled training exercise, took off from an airbase in northern China and flew routes they had not taken before, “to places they had never been before.”
Some military observers in China believe these planes traversed South Korean airspace above the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Yet what is interesting is the fact that Seoul has been silent so far.
Some speculate that Korean radar must have failed to track Chinese reconnaissance planes tasked to gather intelligence on the joint drill, for which Pentagon has marshaled its ace warplanes including F-22s to the Korean Peninsula.
“If that’s the case, then the only Chinese plane that was so stealthy that [it] could come and go totally undetected must be the J-20,” one commentator said.
“One or two J-20s may have flown with the group, which first headed to the East China Sea in a freedom-of-navigation patrol, but the fighter then turned northeast and pierced Seoul’s airspace, taking advantage of its cutting-edge stealth coating without triggering any alarm on Seoul’s radars.”
Other sources suggest that the PLAAF has started deploying a small batch of J-20s, which just entered service this year, at its key airbase in Cangzhou, in the northern province of Hebei.
Cangzhou borders the Bohai Sea across Korea Bay as well as the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, but is secure enough as it’s guarded by China’s Shandong and Liaodong peninsulas.
卢赵华 Sure, let’s pretend China didn’t get their asses kick by Vietnam in the 80’s.
So just to be clear the USA got our asses kicked in a war with no support back home fighting ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD.
China got their asses kicked 10 times harder by the same little country WHO THEY SHARE A LAND BORDER WITH.
Muhammad Zubair ..it seems that the US NEVER REGRETTED WHAT THEY HAD DONE IN VIETNAMESE WAR,KOREAN WAR,GOLF WAR, AGHANISTAN WAR ETC.ONCE BEATEN TWICE SHY..!!.HOW MANY TIMES OF SHYNESS?PERHAPS THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO SPELL THE WORD ‘SHY’. COME ON US, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS. DONT INTERFERE. WHAT DID YOU GET IN THE VIETNAM WAR….SEE NOW, THEY JOIN TOGETHER AS A NATION,A COUNTRY. SO DO THE KOREA, SIBLINGS QUARREL IS NORMAL. BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER…LASTLY THEY WILL JOIN TOGETHER….TAKE CARE OF THE POOR IN US AND RESTRUCTURE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN US RATHER THAN SPEND ALL THIS UNNECESSARY EXPENSES.
James Tilley TRUe super power of shit…in 1970’s US can’t even beat the small tiny Vietcong in tbe VIETNAM WAR.Dont try to bullshit here and keep for yourself all the fantasia imagination…
China, and north korea will sink united state of america this time around.
Dan Rosemark U.S. Never win when China is around. The 2 walls in Washington DC are from Korea and Vietnam.
Well done China.????????????????.
Let the west be in the fool’s paradise and you keep walking on the ladder.
Ooh..and Aaron Jensen! What do you think of the US interference in almost every corner of the glob a millions NM away from their own borders with number of military basis.??
I take it that you are one less person we need to worry about jumping our fences and sneaking into our country illegally!? Thank God,
Look, by the time America see real war, she will beak down. America is nothing.
I truly hope the U.S.takes out North Korea. And if China I interferes in any way. Which the wont, they will be totally destroyed. Bring it on China
Agreeded. I was in the U.S. air force and we had no problem seeing stealth fighters. WE ARE GENERATIONS AHEAD OF ANY COUNTRY. GOOD LUCK CHINA. LMAO
James Tilley we learn something from history.. and that is.. there’s never an ”always” to any power!
Mon Mah overloaded pride. You people dont get that America is and always will be worlds strongest super power. And people just cant deal. With fact!!!!USA The true super power
Just another example of China trying to bully other countries in the region. China tries to prohibit other countries from even flying within 200 NM of its border, while in contrast, it feels that it has the right to fly its military aircraft over other countries and disregard their sovereignty.
More fake news in a clear attempt to fool fools!
Spin spin spin. Spin spin spin… Americans, their overloaded pride, makes for some really creatve spin machines.. Good job Scotty. 😉
More likely they did nothing of the sort and the reason for no comment from SK is because there was nothing of note to comment on. It’s also possible they watched the whole thing and said nothing. Why tell the other guy you’re watching his "stealth" aircraft from the time it leaves the runway?
Silence is golden!
Long live china! Solute from Pakistan.
Well done. Congratulation China