The first jet, seen flying over Chengdu on December 26 is believed to be the J-36, developed by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation.

China has “the world’s leading hypersonic missile arsenal” that can threaten U.S. Navy ships, according to the Defense ...

China’s J-50, a newly unveiled sixth-generation fighter jet, aims to dominate air superiority with advanced stealth, speed, ...

China's naval buildup is overshadowing the US as Chinese leader Xi Jinping pushes the military toward big modernization and ...

However, Hegseth added that China’s 15 hypersonic missiles “can take out 10 aircraft carriers in the first 20 minutes of the conflict,” added Hegseth. Hegseth said that the US “loses to China in every ...

A grainy, four-second video quietly uploaded to a Chinese social media platform triggered shockwaves across global defence ...

The mysterious J-36 fighter can be seen flying low over an urban highway in China on final approach for landing. On April 7, 2025, a new video surfaced online showcasing China’s enigmatic J-36 ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

New images have emerged of one of China’s futuristic fighter jets, a three-engine, tailless flying wing aircraft that Western analysts have dubbed the J-36. It’s unclear when the images ...

This is due, in part, to the advances in these technologies in Russia and China, both of which have a number of hypersonic weapons programs and have likely fielded operational hypersonic glide ...

China's next-generation stealth fighters are taking shape in plain sight-and they might be flying circles around the US's ...