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In 2018, the then IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa said that the Su-30 MKI radar detected and tracked the Chengdu J-20 jet while the latter was flying over Tibet. This news created quite a buzz and questioned its stealth characteristics. The F-22 has 0 registered kills in its name (not considering the 2023 unidentified balloon shoot-down) but it is still considered by almost all as the best-ever 5th-gen fighter jet such is its stealth technology, maneuverability, avionics and accuracy of weapon systems. That’s because despite no real-time combat kills, the Raptor has smoked off numerous ‘enemy aircrafts and weapon systems’ without even appearing on radar in various aerial multilateral drills participated by the US Air Force. But such is not the case for the J-20. China has always true its custom has kept its cards close to its chest and there’s no drill or performance records available to public. So as much as of a versatile and capable the J-20 might be for the China, as a single aircraft it doesn’t pose as grave of a threat as one might think of. The more concerning issue is that the PLAAF as a whole is head and shoulders ahead of IAF and their sheer advantage in all generations of aircraft dominate this parameter.
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