Wow, look at that warping on the nose! Where is Kapendi at? 😀

I don’t get it?

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I thought the main ventral bay might’ve been a bit longer given the overall size of the aircraft, but now I wonder if the extra length is so they can emplace the engines deeper into the fuselage and reduce IR signature or the like? And/or it could be a provision for F-22 style nozzles, which seem to adds to the aircraft’s overall length if they aren’t positioned deeper into the plane’s belly.
But even then, there will be some extra space left over. Probably for fuel then. I again preach the belief that this aircraft is meant to be an F-22 with longer legs.

So, is the assumption this what the J-10B is to the J-10?

I think the F-18E/F is to the F-18C/D is a closer comparison. Or even F-22 to F-15.
Some supposed insiders are saying this is a whole new aircraft and the real JH-7B is a more standard avionics/sensor upgrade(?)
Really I think calling this mystery aircraft “JH-XX” is more accurate.

We don’t even know if it’s built by XAC or if it’s related to the JH-7. It was supposedly spotted at chengdu.
As always, we must wait for more pictures.

great image (very mysterious).

Is that an F35?

Supposedly the JH-7B/JH-XX, the jury’s still out on whether it’s authentic.
More interesting is whether it’s got “fully” stealthed with internal weapon bays, or if it’s going to lack them.

J-20, I have read about the Chinese claims of the J-10 being superior to the Su-27. I have (or rather had) a copy of International Airpower Review stating this when it featured the J-10. However, I would be sceptical about these claims. After all the Chinese are not likely to say “our aircraft was inferior to the Su-27” as this would beg the question “why is a modern aircraft inferior to an aircraft produced thirty years ago?”…also it wouldn’t sound good for marketing lol…

But why would you be skeptical towards those claims in the first place?

And I’m pretty sure these claims didn’t come from cac but rather the air force itself… so yeah. The claim could be hogwash either way, because as exercises with other air forces show, just because X beat Y once doesn’t mean they’ll do it everytime.

I’m calling BS at the moment.

At the moment we don’t even know the relative size of the PL-21 never mind its range… And values for air to air missiles are very subjective given what altitude they’re fired at, the speed of the launch platform, tail chase/head on etc.

To the best of my knowledge, the VVS does not have any AESA radar on any operational aircraft.

There are some AESA radars in various test stage but thats all.

Cheers

Well that photo doesn’t do well to show it… That comparison makes it look the J-20 is actually smaller than the F-22 and T-50