Executive Summary The emerging strategic imbalance between the United States Navy and the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) is increasingly defined not by fleet size alone, but by the accelerating transition toward sixth-generation air warfare architectures. Publicly observed Chinese prototype flights associated with the Chengdu J-36 and the smaller J-50 indicate that the People’s … Leggi tutto Why the U.S. Navy Cannot Afford to Lose F/A-XX: China’s J-36 Shock, Carrier-Air-Wing Vulnerability and the Sixth-Generation Race