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Andrew Jones of Space News thinks that both versions could come into service (the original LM-9 has been development for quite a while).Take this with a grain of salt but according to a reliable source, Long Lehao's 2021 version of LM-9 was not just "his own take" but a design being pushed for by CALVT (1st design academy of CASC). And there's a high possibility that this design will be the one that will be worked on...View attachment 75405
Though they should give it a different model number due to all the differences (but might not, which isn't uncommon, see naming slight of hands regarding the F/A-18 and F/A-18E/F, the Tu-22 and Tu-22M and the ZTZ-99 and ZTZ-99A)