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The J20 has high stealth, high situational awareness, and high maneuverability. With a supersonic cruise speed of 1.8 Mach, it can quickly reach combat areas and gain an advantage in beyond-visual-range air combat, enabling it to detect and attack the enemy first
Mach 1.8 supercruise? Totally believable.
The J-20 by design has relatively low drag. J-20A with its (trans-sonic) drag reducing features such as the 'hump', revised noze and fitted with a thorough developed WS-15 should have no problem reaching that speed.
A chubby YF-22 reached M1.6 at the least during tests while the sleeker YF-23 reached figures north of M1.7 on non-optimized airframes and engines.
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