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Definitely not the belly centreline pylon, everyone knows most fighters centreline pylon only for stores especially fuel tank, ecm pod, FLIR pod or bomb only. I'm referring to the 2 inner wing large pylons because all these while Russia & China fighters never had dual racks for 2 air to air...

This photo shows 6x air to air missiles being carried. You didn't answer, can the 2 inner large pylons carry air to air missiles?

Good, the J-10C comes with 8 underwing pylons now. Wonder if the 2 large innermost pylons could carry medium or long range air to air missiles?

Despite Minnie Chan is not popular with many here, her article seems quite realistic and true about J-20 being not suitable for carrier fighter even if EMRAL carrier & WS15 engines became available. Reason being the design of J-20 is not suitable for low speed stability and it is too fast for...

China catapult is on raised deck on land runway. The catapult launch experience on floating moving ship is totally different especially on top of 35ft deck where plane experiences gravity after leaving deck can't compare to raised deck slightly several feet above ground. The pilots probably...

India is not in good term with China and India doesn't have carrier with catapult launch.

Sounds legit and logical since Brazil has carrier with steam catapult launch. Probably sharing the technology with China too for J-15 with catapult launch.

Fuselage density and volume wise, the J-20 is actually bigger. Between a 6 feet tall skinny person and a muscular bodybuilder 5'9". Who has larger volume to you? Difference between Su-27 and J-20 can be placed under this comparison

Korean and Japan rely entirely on buying engines from GE & P&W. They could only barely build the airframe. US military don't share technology especially stealth materials with allies. The F-35 sold to US allies have strict restrictions to obey and US as always downgrade whatever they sold...

Korean KFX is fake model kit that doesn't fly and shouldn't be on this list. Japanese ATD-X is just a trainer aircraft that copied design from F-22 and is not stealth therefore it shouldn't be here neither. The YF-23 is 67ft long and 12ft height, it looks small compared to J-20. T50 took...

Su-27 bigger on overall length, wingspan & surface area. But the fuselage density, thickness, the J-20 is bigger than Su-27 that is quite skinny with engines spread apart and forward fuselage sitting higher. Your photo of J-20 lining abreast in front of J-11B shows the big difference.

How to differentiate J-16 from J-11BS and J-11BSH?

Those fishing boats will be handled by militias instead of highly trained PLAN personnel. Numbers of them would serve as decoys and shields for PLAN naval ships just to confuse enemies make them not sure which to target and attack The US carrier is precious with technology and natural...

Yes it is. Twin engine fighter with design copied from F-35 and F-22

It all based on how desperate PLAN needed stealth fighters to protect its fleet. The J-35 design is most likely taken from F-35 design cue but being enlarged with twin engines and more weapon bays. Most likely next year we'll see the prototype flying as soon as there's working EMALS carrier...

Casualties will be high but losing cheap fishing boats with few men on board is still better than losing a destroyer with far more crew on board. PLAN strategies for naval battle will be similar to PLAAF air warfare using the many cheap assets as decoys and shields covering the expensive vital...

It won't take long for J-35 to enter active service as Shenyang group only have to port technology from FC-31 over. If J-35 is larger fighter, the avionics and engines are already available. They just need to focus on the fuselage, wings structure. It depends on how soon Type003 carrier with...

There was once militants invasion that the militants came in more than 200-300 motor boats in the amphibious beach landing attempting to invade an entire state. If China launched all 700,000 armed fishing boats, US naval fleet would have hard time with that many decoys appearing on radar. Those...

Waiting for carrier with launch rail probably as WS10 engine gets into overheat slower and present ski ramp launch is not efficient for WS10H. By then J-35 probably already made its debut with Type 003 EMALS carrier almost ready.

J-20 wings aren't suited for carrier take off and landing. Carrier based fighter that has fixed wing will be less swept with aerodynamic designed for low speed stability and maneuverability. If you notice, modern day carrier fighters are slower but have good low speed maneuverability. F-35...