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so a very fast untested fighter with very limited armament vs. something that can't be detected by any known radar and has flown thousands of combat missions, with multiple different version, including one with VTOL and can do air to air, surface to air, and even nukes?

It wouldn't be close at all. The j20's wouldn't be able to detect the f35 and the F35 can hit it with an air to air missle 350 miles out.

From the Article you linked:

""“The J-20, in my estimation, would be dead long before it had the ability to maneuver against either the F-22 or the F-35. It’s got enough spikes on it to where the radar returns on it are likely to be much more significant, which means that the F-22 and the F-35 can see it a lot farther away.”




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