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SHENYANG J-11D/E RENAMED TO "J-16" (With concept images)

Is it only me or even the others who can see the USAF roundel on the edges of the wings in the first pic..?

Result - Poor Photoshop done by amateurs.

Uh, no. It's a PLAAF roundel
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I copied it from a Chinese defense article (written by a SAC employee).

WE KNOW it's a Photoshop. Currently, no photos of the J-11D/E have been released yet. They may be later.
 
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Supposing that this project is true it is probably going to be China's counterpart to the U.S. Silent Eagle. Unlike the Silent Eagle, however, I don't see this plane getting exported due to the fact that it remains a Flanker variant. It could certainly serve as a stop gag measure (a counter to the F-35s) if the J-XX experience delays. As for this plane being fielded in large numbers... Sorry, that won't happen. A flanker is a heavy fighter and can be extremely maintenance intensive/costsly.

From the front and side view it resembles a Flanker, but from the top-down view it doesn't look anything like a Flanker.

So you have to ask the question, "when does a Flanker stop being a Flanker?". I think the airframe is unique enough to justify not calling it a Flanker, and thus have export potential.

If this project is true then I do see this as a stop-gap measure since J-XX won't be ready till 2018 and even then, there will only be a handfull of J-XX.

As good as J-11B is, it's not going to fare well against the types of enemies it will potentially face between now and whenever time J-XX is inducted, so J-11B will need to be further developed.

USA already has ~180 F-22 and F-35 is expect to come into service from 2014 - as Robert Gates said, by the time China has a handful of J-XX, US could possible have a thousand 5th gens.

Although J-11B could hold its own against Indias Su-30MKI, India has already signed contracts to upgrade their MKI, widening the gap.

Russia is also doing the same thing - working on PAK-FA whilst ordering Su-35BM.
 
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here is the official report ,it has indirectly confirmed the existence of J-16 project,still in the design stage
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Nobody denied there may a J-16 stealth program, what is questionable is the claim of this so-called J-11D/E derivative supposedly to be renamed the J-16. This reliance on Chinese military bbses which is simply repeating what other military enthusiasts are speculating are not serious sources of military intel.
 
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