It's most likely because JH7B looks almost exactly the same as JH7A so no one took notice when it first flew. Yanliang's security is indeed tight, but the best security is the self censoring of military forums, J20 is testing at the same airfield as Y20 yet no one has seen any photos of it.
China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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It's most likely because JH7B looks almost exactly the same as JH7A so no one took notice when it first flew. Yanliang's security is indeed tight, but the best security is the self censoring of military forums, J20 is testing at the same airfield as Y20 yet no one has seen any photos of it.
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It could be that the officials themselves decided to leak these first photos of the Y-20 as opposed to the JH-7B which they decided not to for whatever reason.
The front fuselage with the bird-beak like cone does make it look like a giant bird.
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youngtomous
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Feels like December 2010 again! The large transport is second only in importance to the 5th generation fighter in the eyes of the Chinese military fans.
there you have it gentlemen, the Y-20 pixs we have all been waiting for and what a way to end 2012!
kudo's to XAC for delivering this important project to success (after the stellar praise and attention CAC and SAC got it seems the bigwigs at XAC dont want to be left out) . i can't wait to see more detailed pixs of this giant fat bird 2012 is an unbelievable year for PLA
kudo's to XAC for delivering this important project to success (after the stellar praise and attention CAC and SAC got it seems the bigwigs at XAC dont want to be left out) . i can't wait to see more detailed pixs of this giant fat bird 2012 is an unbelievable year for PLA
What are the odds that this exact image will reappear within a week or two with the actual content of the plane not covered by a CG image? I'd say they're pretty good.
As for the plane itself, if all the images are true to the real thing, it looks like enlarged, four engined kawasaki C-2 to me, more so than c17 or any other plane.
As for the plane itself, if all the images are true to the real thing, it looks like enlarged, four engined kawasaki C-2 to me, more so than c17 or any other plane.
well, maybe you should give this JH-7B stuff a rest until we actually see real photo of it then.
It's actually more important than J-31 for sure and probably more important than J-20 imo.
where did you get this picture from? Quite funky.