If I didn’t know any better I’d say that was an YF-23! 😮

Good god, that thing is all LERX!

What we need is one of those super hi-res images of the second image; the one with the clear shot of that precious weapon bay(s).

Looking at the tail end of those exhaust pipes; they look very round and reminiscent of the Su-27 family; but it doesn’t look anywhere as stealthy as the front. Perhaps they skimped out on stealth to save cost, focusing on the frontal portion?

Also: Check out the featureless dome in front of the canopy; no visible port so it couldn’t be an IRST…?

Look for the 2 smaller side bays on the intakes.

I can’t possibly see where they would be; the sides are taken up by the landing gear nacelles and the area under the intakes are too small; I doubt that the PAK FA has side bays considering how large that center bay is said to be, with two rows of missiles one in front of the other.

well girls, i gotta say, i’m going to eat my words that i’ve said to you pak-fa fanboys about it not coming out. it actually came out and its a pretty sweet looking airplane.

so i guess what will follow are:
f-22 vs pak-fa threads
f-35 vs pak-fa threads
Indian AF fans boasting about how good FGFA will be
PAF and PLAAF fans downplaying how good the airplane is
Americans wanting Obama to fund more F-22s
Kopp saying Indonesia is going to get Pak-Fa
Europeans at a loss.

Don’t forget the biggest one of all; fanboys all over calling the T-50 a F-22/F-23/Tie-Fighter/Jesus ripoff and a few deluded Russian fanboys claiming the inverse. (“The Americans stole the designs twenty years ago!”) :p

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That is interesting. I could see it being either acting as as sort of LERX/Canard hybrid like you said or doing something for the engine intake.

So where the hell did they fit this massive weapons bay that can hold the Kh-58UShKE & R-37?

According to some speculation a while back from Paralay’s drawing, the PAK FA would have one very long weapons bay that could accomodate two to three of those massive suckers.

You can see the weapons bays. Another poster on another forum says he can see three but I just see one. Your thoughts?

with the active counter air defense systems.

Active counter defense systems? You dont suppose they attached a CIWS to the belly of the PAK FA do ya? :p

But seriously, Active defense in English refers to defense systems which destroys the incoming projectile? Could they have gone ahead and implemented such a thing or is this just a translation error? Hell, there could be more to this than they’re saying. Maybe it’s that laser defense thing. 😉

I’d love to see the pricing on this thing. And I wonder if anyone around here is still convinced it has plasma stealth? :dev2:

So basically its a delta wing planform, not a conventional layout. Looks like the FB-22 images that floated around years ago.

It’s hard to tell from this angle, but there appears to be a blended-ish tail behind that wing much like the Su-47 had. Sorta.