J-20... The New Generation Fighter III

Bltizo said:

We'll ask lulzsecurity to do it for us

What is that plane in front of the J-10 in primer on the left?
I'm not sure if I'm willing to call more than one J-20 yet. I would say to wait for more photos to prove it's not a PS but I have a feeling this picture, if it is real would not have many repeated photo opportunities.

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Probably a J-10 variant under a tarp. You can tell that the vertical stabilizer is way too big.

Sick!

There's more than two?

There was rumour of a 2001 and a 2002 prototype, but never confirmed.

no_name said:

There was rumour of a 2001 and a 2002 prototype, but never confirmed.

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I think the rumour was that there were two 2001 prototypes... It's kind of a given there will be a 2002 prototype, that will be used as the static test rig, as past experience has told us. That second J-20, if that is what we're seeing will probably be the second 2001 prototype rather than 2002 imho. No reason to have a static test rig out there near the airfield.

Have A Good Look Of The Details!

siegecrossbow said:

Probably a J-10 variant under a tarp. You can tell that the vertical stabilizer is way too big.

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I have been waiting for this photo. I think it is pretty clear that there is two J-20s, probably three at this point. Now, when you say varient of the J-10, do you mean a new one, or one we already know about? That vertical stabilizer looks a lot wider than any J-10 we have seen before.

A.Man said:

Have A Good Look Of The Details!

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see post #88.

I think it's the same pic, btw your one is shrunk, I think imageshack do this by default unless you specify 'do not resize' in the options when uploading.

siegecrossbow said:

Probably a J-10 variant under a tarp. You can tell that the vertical stabilizer is way too big.

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Or it could be that naval version JL-9.

It certainly looks like two flying prototypes. But I think we still need more and higher quality pictures before we can be 100% certain.

But this picture certainly would tip the odds of there being two flying prototypes from 'probable' to 'very likely'.

The plane under the tarp is definately not a JL9 tho. Way too big and tall.

My bet is a J10 also.