The person worked on FC-1 project so she knows what she's saying based on available pics. Everything she said about the project turned out to be true.
What are your credentials?
Same goes for you
@Deino
To admit - and I hope I made it clear with my pre-text: I never claimed to know more than her, I deeply respect her knowledge and credentials, BUT - and that's IMO important to note! - when she claims, she sees certain things like a wing with different aspect ratio, a greater span, wider whatever and NOTHING on any of the few know images hints towards this, then I keep this as a liberty of having an own opinion, I have some daubs and I raise them.
When - as requested - she can show this and prove, the wing is different, the fuselage wider and so on, then it's fine, I accept, thank and even apologise but a critical question should never be rated an insult and please accept that I only believe things I see since regardless who anyone is, no-one is fault-free, not me and maybe not even she.
Therefore again, I see none of her claimed details and changes on any of the known images and as it seems others too, which are most interested to learn. As such please believe me, that I have no intention to insult, but to learn.
And concerning my credentials ... at least I'm reporting for Jane's, authored for Jamestown and RUSI and this:
www.harpia-publishing.com
If you rate this as nothing, then it's fine and I must accept it, but both my boss at Jane's and my publisher always tell me to prove, prove by images, measurements and at best official documents. This is something often enough most difficult for Chinese systems and as such I see the JF-17 at least as partially Chinese.
Only to accept "a certain member says so" is not my style; not as an offense but to be cautious and given my reputation at these think tanks and academies, I think it was not the worst way!
Sincerely.