China & Pakistan ink J-35 Stealth Fighter Deal
The Afterburn Podcast
John "Rain" Waters
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The J35 is China's latest fifth generation fighter. |
| 0:03.3 | We'll talk about fifth generation, what that means here in a minute. |
| 0:05.9 | But now they are ramping up the timeline to deliver J35 A's to Pakistan. |
| 0:11.1 | And that timeline is looking like it's going to be by the end of this year. |
| 0:14.9 | So that acceleration has been ramped up. |
| 0:17.1 | We'll talk about the meaning of that. |
| 0:18.6 | But the J35, again, is China's latest fifth generation |
| 0:21.9 | stealth fighter, and it is their main export variant or the one they are pitching as an export |
| 0:27.4 | variant. So we're going to look at that. Also, the KJ 500. This is their airborne early warning |
| 0:32.7 | control platform. Kind of like an AWACs. It looks a lot like an E2, in my opinion. You guys can scream down in the |
| 0:39.1 | comment section because every time I say it looks like one of our planes, people get really |
| 0:43.8 | touchy about that. But the J35 also has some unique characteristics that look similar if we look |
| 0:48.7 | around as well. But neither here or there. Now, part of this package as well as the HQ19 ballistic |
| 0:54.0 | missile defense system. |
| 0:55.8 | This also comes from China. And remember, China and Pakistan have a joint venture with the JF17. |
| 1:01.1 | So they're kind of already integrated when it comes to building a fighter jet together. |
| 1:05.3 | So Pakistan would be the first buyer of this Chinese fifth generation jet, if it all does come true. |
| 1:16.0 | So first, let's talk about fifth generation. |
| 1:18.2 | Just a quick highlight, when we say that term, |
| 1:20.2 | I'll use it synonymously today, |
| 1:21.7 | but that's really a marketing term. |
| 1:23.4 | And some big takeaways from fifth generation |
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