I have always thought this plane would be a Bomb Truck. Clearly they haven’t made a huge missile yet. But IMHO the bottom bays are for bombs and the side bays are for missiles. Think J-20 will have the 1st task as a Ground Attack plane with secondary air to air tasks. Looks too big to be a fighter. More like a bigger, longer bomb truck. But althought it’s tasks are Multi mission role tasks.
The dimensions of the J-20 are very similar to those of the YF-23, they’re actually remarkably close, well within a couple of feet in height, length and width. The differences between wing areas of the aeroplanes aren’t that significant, same for weight. The point is, during the trials of the YF-23, the aircraft showed very promising performance results that were on par or even exceeded the YF-22. It was, and would have been, an incredibly capable aeroplane, there’s no doubt about it! Unlike the YF-23, the J-20 will be an incredibly capable aeroplane be it in A/A or A/G. The size of it’s airframe isn’t an issue.
If it looks right, it’ll most certainly fly right. And one must say, it looks stunningly menacing! I’d be rather nervous if I had to face it, even if I was in an ASRAAM & Meteor armed Typhoon!
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