A J-20 stealth fighter jet performs during Airshow China 2022 in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong Province, on November 9, 2022. Photo: Cui Meng/GT

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently expelled foreign aircraft threatening China’s territorial airspace with J-20 fighter jets, giving full play to the aircraft’s stealth capability. Experts said on Tuesday that PLA forces are well-equipped and well-trained in dealing with all sorts of threats.

As the first combat unit of the PLA Air Force that is fully equipped with J-20 fighter jets, the Wang Hai Air Group under a brigade of the PLA Eastern Theater Command carried out missions that safeguard China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity, including combat alert patrols in the East China Sea and the Taiwan Straits, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Tuesday.

In an emergency sortie mission, the leader of the air group Yang Juncheng and pilot Wei Xin took off with two J-20 fighter jets to intercept two foreign aircraft. The two closely coordinated, took advantageous positions and resolutely safeguarded China’s airspace security, CCTV reported.

“The J-20’s stealth capability is its biggest advantage. It means that the enemy radar can see nothing, but we can already launch attacks,” Wei told CCTV.

“You can imagine how much psychological pressure the enemies would have. They can only take hasty evasive maneuvers to avoid our threats. If we push forward, they would fall back,” Wei said.

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