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Their best position is likely to be the 2025-2030 period. Their fleet is currently growing much faster than the US Navy, and the J20 are quite possibly more sui
by trashtester 4y ago
Their best position is likely to be the 2025-2030 period. Their fleet is currently growing much faster than the US Navy, and the J20 are quite possibly more suitable for the geographical region than F22's and F35s (that were developed primarily for air supremacy over Europe, where range is much less important than over the Pacific).
If the West is not reacting soon, China's ability to dominate East Asia may extend well into the 2030s.
At some point, though, it's reasonable to expect stagnation in China, unless there is some black swan event (AGI breakthrough, large scale eugenic/crispr "directed evolution" or something similar that democratic countries do not have the stomach for)