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Sorry, but I’m still not following how you can make a connection between the sudden reappearance of the plane and the potential failure of the project... It makes no sense to me.
The common logic dictates that they had done a good job of keeping it a secret during the development phase. Then they now proudly show it off when it’s all done.
I would understand if you question the legitimacy of the project. I wouls accept your logic if you may think that the whole thing is fake and they simply came up with a wooden model. It makes sense that we hadn’t seen this plane at all because they could never get to fly. So they made a wooden model to mess with people. Although highly unlikely, I understand such logic.
However, you are saying that the project is real but just not yet successful? So why are they showing it now? Getting outside help? But from whom? This is a potential 6th gen fighter tech/concept. Except the US, no one else can afford it. And no one else, certainly none of China’s traditional allies, is even thinking about such concept. According to the article cited by Dannhill, even the US is not seriously looking at this kind of thing. So from whom do you think China is expecting the help?
Like I said above, this is a brand new technology. Based on how the Chinese, especially the PLA, usually do things, it is most likely that the project is progressing smoothly to a stage where they feel comfortable showing off.
