The aircraft, believed to feature cutting-edge stealth and endurance capabilities, surprised the world when details first emerged last week.
The aircraft’s capabilities could mean a major shift in aerial dominance, posing a potential threat to global military powers, especially in the Indo-Pacific region, said The Economic Times, India’s leading business newspaper.
It signals a “huge leap” and increases the pressure on India to modernise its military, according to Pradip R. Sagar, a senior editor with India Today, a major English-language news magazine in India.
“With tensions already high along the Line of Actual Control, [the disputed Himalayan border between the two countries] the jet could widen the strategic gap between the two nations,” he wrote.
