by Mike Yeo and Chris Pocock
China’s Chengdu Aircraft Company (CAC) has built more Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) J-20 stealthy jet fighters, with another new aircraft featured in flight on Chinese websites over the past week. This is the second known J-20 LRIP aircraft, after the first example serialed 2101 was shown in late December 2015. They follow two prototypes and six known development aircraft that featured a successive series of refinements. The “Golden Dart-2016″ offense and assault military competition held by the PLA Air Force kicked off in the east of China on July 21,2016. Dozens of aviation brigades and regiments from the air forces under the five PLA Theater Commands will make their debuts, and hundreds of pilots will compete for the ” Golden Dart”, highest honor of the competition.
The “Golden Dart” is one of the four key training brands of the PLA Air Force, along with the “Red Sword”, the “Golden Helmet” and the “Blue Shield”. Describing China as an “important player” in the nuclear sector, a senior Chinese state policy researcher has said it is one of the areas where it can cooperate with India, a remark which comes amidst growing strain between the two countries over the NSG issue.
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