Chinese fighter manufacturer Shenyang has been ordered by the People’s Liberation Army to quickly complete the development of its tandem-seat J-15S carrier-borne fighter in order to have President Xi Jinping trap on board carrier Liaoning.
By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Tyler J. Clements. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The J-15 is so far the only fixed-wing aircraft capable of landing aboard the Liaoning and a twin-seater has been in development for sometime.
Xi wants to emulate what former U.S. President George W Bush did in 2003 when he landed on USS Abraham Lincoln and declared “Mission Accomplished” for the war in Iraq. Xi wants to give a speech on Liaoning as well, declaring that Beijing has full control of the South China Sea.