GlobalConflictहिंदी's video: China J-20 Export

China claims that J-20 is equal to the US F-22 Raptor and even superior in some aspects. In a 2014 interview with Chinese Phoenix TV, Song Zhongping, a former officer in the Second Artillery (China’s missile force), claimed that China was not going to export the J-20 for fears that its fifth-generation technology could fall in the wrong hands. Song also claimed that unless the US sold its F-22 to its allies, there was no need for China to sell the J-20 to its allies. Song argued that since the US was only providing its allies with the less capable F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) China would only sell to its allies the FC-31, supposedly at the same technological and performance level as the F-35. So it seems, there are two main reasons behind Beijing’s unwillingness to sell the J-20 in the international market. One, China fears that its fifth-generation technology will fall into the wrong hands and be copied. Two, Beijing wants to avoid an arms race in the fifth-generation technology between its allies and those of the US. While these two factors may have some influence on China’s decision not to export the J-20. There are other more practical reasons that Beijing prefers not to highlight publicly. Despite two decades of massive investment in defense-related research, the Chinese military industry has performed very poorly in the international market. In 2020, China’s global exports accounted for a mere 5.2 percent of the total international arms trade. With very few exceptions these were made up of relatively unsophisticated items such as armored vehicles, transport aircraft, artillery, patrol boats, and light. China’s military aviation industry has performed even more poorly in the international arms market. Until the FC-31 enters full service, perhaps in the next 3 years, China has marketed the JF-17 as its main export fighter. The JF 17 is a fourth-generation, lightweight single-engine, multi-role fighter jointly developed by China’s Chengdu Aircraft Corporation and the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex. Despite being on the market for over a decade the JF-17 has had modest success. Apart from the Pakistani Air Force which currently operates 138 planes, the only other customers are Myanmar that is under international sanctions and cut off from Western arms, operating 7 and Nigeria with three.