Since the end of the Gulf War, countries have attached increasing importance to the development process of modern weapons and equipment. After all, in the form of modern warfare, modern weapons and equipment play a crucial role. In a sense, if a country does not have advanced modern weapons when engaging in future warfare, it will be difficult for it to defend its basic rights and interests. When it comes to modern combat equipment, people will definitely think of fighter jets, after all, fighter jets are powerful weapons for fighting for air superiority. Without a strong enough fighter system, it will be difficult to grasp the initiative in modern warfare. Although the possibility of war breaking out in the near future is unlikely, countries are still unwilling to give up the development of advanced fighter jets. As one of the world's top aviation powers, China also possesses numerous advanced fighter jets. When it comes to the highly anticipated fighter jet, the J-20 must be mentioned. However, many people may not know that in recent years, China has silently built 300 ace fighter jets, reportedly faster than the J-20. The United States has even complained about China about this, but it has hidden it from everyone.

Many people think that these 300 fighter jets built should be variants of the J-20, but in fact, these fighter jets are all J-16. The J-16 is also a very outstanding fighter jet in China. Although it does not have advanced stealth performance like the J-20, as a model among the fourth generation aircraft, it has excellent combat capabilities.

The J-16 is a heavy multi-purpose fighter jet. According to relevant data, the J-16 has several heavy-duty pylons that can support the mounting of various types of missiles. The J-16 also has excellent payload capacity data, which can carry 12 tons of ammunition at once. If a war were to break out now, it couldEngage in combat within an airspace of 1800 kilometers.

We do not deny that the J-16 has excellent strike capabilities, but unfortunately, it is a fourth generation aircraft that is easily suppressed by fifth generation aircraft in future operations. It should be noted that for fighter jets, there is a huge difference between generations. As for the United States complaining that China has concealed the production of the J-16 from everyone, there are actually other reasons.

The United States will complain about China mainly because China currently has plans to form combat groups with the J-16 and J-20 fighter jets. The J-20 does have excellent stealth and information processing capabilities, but in order to achieve its stealth performance, its payload data is not outstanding, and the J-16 can obviously make up for this. In the eyes of the United States, China's concealment of the massive construction of the J-16 will undoubtedly pose a certain threat to Western countries such as the United States. Although China has always attached great importance to peaceful diplomacy, the United States still does not trust China, otherwise it would not complain about China, let alone vigorously promote the "China threat theory".Although the cruising speed of the J-16 is not as fast as that of the J-1620 yuan, but its construction speed and popularization speed are obviously much faster than the J-20. Of course, this is mainly because the J-16 plays the role of a "fighter" in future combat, while the J-20 plays the role of an "explorer". This means that China's large-scale production of the J-16 is actually very in line with China's planning and future combat needs.

As a rising star, China now possesses a powerful strength that is no less than that of any other country. Although the United States and other countries always promote the "China threat theory" worldwide, in fact, we don't need to explain too much who has a more obvious threatRelease. Instead of wasting words, it's better to invest energy in national development.

Source: Military of Strong Countries