China’s New J-20S Stealth Fighter Puts a Human Where America Puts a Computer — and Nobody Knows Who Guessed Right

China’s New J-20S Stealth Fighter Puts a Human Where America Puts a Computer — and Nobody Knows Who Guessed Right

J-20S: Why Did China Build A Two-Seat Stealth Fighter When America Is Going Single-Seat? Both the United States and China have reached the same conclusion about the future of air combat: the fighter that matters most will not be the one firing the missiles, but the one directing a swarm of drones that do. Where the two superpowers have split is on who sits in that command seat. J-20 Mighty Dragon Stealth Fighter J-20 Fighter in Yellow Paint. Wei…