China Hints At Testing Of New Carrier-Borne Aircraft Type

j-15 in PLAN documentary cctv

The CCTV documentary also shows footage of a J-15 landing in inclement weather.

Credit: CCTV
SINGAPORE—Chinese state media has hinted that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commenced trials of a new carrier-borne fighter, with speculation that Beijing could be referring to the Shenyang J-35. State-owned news outlet CCTV last week released a documentary feature on the country's...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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