Context:
Pakistan is set to acquire 40 of China’s much anticipated J-35 stealth fighters.
Shenyang J-35: Chinese Twin-Engine, All-Weather, Stealth Multirole Combat Aircraft
- Designed for air superiority and surface strike missions
- Comes in two variants
- land-based for PLAAF and carrier-based for PLANAF
- Manufactured by
- Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC)
- Made its first flight on 31 October 2012.