More Chinese sixth-gen images!

Four months after the maiden flights of the Chengdu J-36 and Shenyang J-XDS (see AFM March, p26-27) not only have further test flights been completed, but more and significantly better photos are available of the two Chinese prototypes, or demonstrators for the PLAAF’s ‘next’ generation of fighters. Clearer pictures of the new three-engined sixth-gen J-36 emerged on April 7 showing the tail-less diamond-wing configuration with two long LEXes (leading edge extension) all the way to the nose, without any vertical