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Meet China's J-10: Threatened The US & Western Dominance! Here's Why
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Meet China's J-10: Threatened The US & Western Dominance! Here's Why
For the longest time, the J-10 was shrugged off. Analysts called it second-rate, a cheap imitation—more of a political statement than a real threat. It looked fast, sure, but in war games and think tank reports, it was always outclassed by Western and even Russian fighters. But then came May 2025—and everything flipped. In the skies over Kashmir, Pakistani J-10CEs armed with Chinese-made PL-15 missiles reportedly downed Indian jets, including a MiG-29—and maybe even a Rafale. India denied it, but wreckage linked to PL-15s was photographed on Indian soil. For the first time, the J-10 didn’t just show up—it dominated.
So what changed? How did a so-called “budget fighter” become the jet that just rewrote the rulebook on air combat? Let’s find out!
Was It Really “Made in China?”
Meet China's J-10: Threatened The US & Western Dominance! Here's Why
So let’s peel back the layers of this so-called “Made in China” war machine—because the J-10’s origin story? It’s not nearly as clear-cut as the brochures claim.
The official version goes like this: after the cancellation of China’s J-9 interceptor in the late 1980s, a new indigenous project emerged. Spearheaded by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group and visionary designer Song Wencong, the J-10 was meant to be a bold leap forward—a fourth-generation fighter that would finally close the tech gap with the West. Sounds great, right? The only problem? The design… didn’t look Chinese. It looked Israeli.
More specifically, it looked exactly like the IAI Lavi, a delta-winged, canard-equipped multirole jet that Israel developed in the ‘80s—with massive funding and tech transfer from the United States. The resemblance was too uncanny to ignore: similar aerodynamic profile, similar wing configuration, even similar dimensions. And the timeline? Well, that’s where things get interesting.
Meet China's J-10: Threatened The US & Western Dominance! Here's Why
In 1986—just one year before Israel officially canceled the Lavi—Israeli military delegations visited China under the radar. These weren’t just polite diplomatic visits. There were discussions about missile technology transfers, particularly the Python-3 air-to-air missile, and whispers of deeper cooperation. Soon after, the J-10 development began to ramp up, suddenly leaping past hurdles that had stalled Chinese aviation for years.
Now, let’s be fair. There’s no smoking gun—no leaked blueprint, no declassified contract—but many experts, especially in the West, strongly believe that Israel either directly sold Lavi data to China or, at the very least, provided critical aerodynamic consultancy. Even U.S. intelligence raised flags about the “suspiciously rapid” evolution of the J-10 during that window.