China’s secretive new stealth fighter is set to be deployed on the country’s next generation of aircraft carriers as Beijing challenges US military supremacy at sea. Photos circulating on social media revealed a mock-up of the FC-31 jet being used at a test facility for China’s first domestically designed aircraft carrier, the Type 003, which is being constructed at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The dummy FC-31 was seen at a full-sized mock-up of a real aircraft carrier that was built at Wuhan more than ten years ago. SponsoredIn recent years China has accelerated the pace to modernise its armed forces as President Xi demands the military to be “combat-ready”. The carrier deployment of the FC-31 would challenge the F-35 Lightning-II stealth jet used on

Source: The Times June 10, 2021 10:52 UTC