PLA Practises Air Defense with Air Force’s J-20 Stealth Fighter

During the drill, the Air Force unit shared air information with the Army air defence brigade, and they were able to build up a network of air defence firepower quickly. Despite the opposing aircraft unit's immediate change of formation, the defending side was able to lock on to the targets. The exercise included the use of Army anti-aircraft artillery guns and missiles mounted on highly mobile vehicles, which gain significance in scenarios where low-flying stealth aircraft, such as the US F-35, may attempt to penetrate air defence from low altitudes. Fu Qianshao, a Chinese military aviation expert, emphasised that integrating and sharing real-time intelligence is key to dealing with different types of threats, including stealth aircraft and low-flying, small and slow drones.