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Old jet, new tricks: J-10C downs stealth fighter in combat drill with integrated system

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When a lone fighter jet's radar goes blind, an integrated multi-aircraft system can be its "eyes." In a just-released video of a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force drill, a 4th-generation J-10C fighter jet successfully orchestrated a hunt-and-destroy mission of a next-generation stealth fighter – with the coordinated support of an early warning and control system and wingmen. Watch as the missile locks on its target to deliver a deadly blow in this exercise – proving that one can still "teach" an old plane new tricks with evolving strategies and systems.

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