Bracing for impact : fifth-generation jet fighter programmes in Asia

• Main Authors: Curie Maharani, Koh, Collin Swee Lean
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science::Strategy::Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/92209; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6546
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Four major regional powers in Asia – China, India, Japan and South Korea – seek to acquire fifthgeneration (5G) jet fighters in less than ten years’ time. The security implications of this air power race would go beyond the Sino-Indian arms dynamics.