China builds next-generation fighter jets faster than anyone

by Inside China Business [3-17-2026].

The modernization of China's military has no precedent in human history.

In just one decade, the PLA has built the world's largest navy, and fleets of advanced aircraft and long range missiles.

They also did so with modest annual increases in defense spending, while achieving self-sufficiency in the most cutting-edge aerospace technologies.

China's massive military industrial complex is mass-producing 5th-generation aircraft, and is now a major exporter of advanced jets to friendly countries.

Closing scene, Xinjiang

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