Photo of J-20 with PL-13 Missiles Released for PRC National Day

More photos of the J-20, China's first fifth generation steath fighter equipped with PL-13 air-to-air missiles, were released on the internet to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, reports Chinese-language Qianzhan.com.

Known by Western media as Fire Fang, the J-20 "Weilong" inaugurates China as the third country in the world to operate stealth fighter after the United States and Russia. The new photos clearly indicate that the Chengdu Aviation Industry designed the J-20 as a competitor against the US F-22 and Russian T-50 in future aerial combat.

The Weilong is being modified for carrier-based combat as well. The primary mission of this new version of J-20 will be hunting F-35 the US F-35 and allied fighters in the Asia-Pacific region.

With the ability to reach hypersonic speeds of Mach 5, the PL-13 missile can run down virtually every aircraft in the world, said the Party-run Global Times. The J-20s current deficiencies, such as its weaker engine, will be fixed in the near future.

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