China’s fifth-generation stealth fighter fleet grows while US fighter programs dogged by high costs, delays and doctrinal incoherence China’s fifth-generation J-20 fighter fleet is rising. Photo: CGTN (Written by Gabriel Honrada . Published here in Asia Times , republished with permission.) China’s growing J-20 stealth fighter fleet, bolstered by new cutting-edge technology and domestic engines, is gaining fast on the US as it grapples with rising costs, modernization delays and internal