Of all the warplanes in China’s rapidly growing air arsenal, it was an older model that sent shock waves across the region earlier this month.
A rare stand-off between Chinese and Japanese fighter jets took place near the Miyako Strait northeast of Taiwan. The incident brought the Shenyang J-15 carrier-based fighter jet, which has been in service for more than a decade, back into the spotlight.
Japan said J-15 fighter jets, launched from the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, twice engaged their fire control radars to lock on to its F-15 fighter jets on December 6, the second time for about half an hour. The move is considered a tactical precursor to missile engagement.
It was the first time that Japan had publicly accused Chinese military aircraft of using fire control radar to lock…
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