I think it's more than just painted vs. unpainted. We've seen the J-20 having two different nozzles on the same plane at the same time, it's unlikely that they'd pain only one nozzle.
Pretty sure that's just due to .
J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread V
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Pretty sure that's just due to .
You could say that if it was just one photo, that one was the best, but it was all the photos taken that day. For example:
Agreed ... especially since we saw during the following weeks how much this paint or coating was peeling off.
I completely agree with You. That strange silverfish colour is IMO most likely related to test some sort of coating or paint in order to reduce the IR-signature ... or simply to hide the true engines and to fake us.
Deino
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The Taiwan defence minister can't even tell the difference between the J-20 and J-31. It really isn't all that surprising.
vesicles
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I can understand the defense minister not being able to identify the fighters as he is a politician, not a professional military officer. However, it is simply inexcusable for the AF chief to fail to identify the planes. He is a professional AF officer and most likely a pilot himself. Simply out of his passion for flying, let alone his professional duty as an AF officer, he should live and breathe military planes, especially those of the PLA. Not being able to identify the most advanced fighter jet(s) of their biggest political rival is not only a sign of incompetence, but a failure as a pilot.
Btw, we were just talking about how average Joes couldn't distinguish the J-10A from the J-10B not too long ago. Now we have a professional AF chief not being able to distinguish the J-20 from the J-31, vastly different planes...
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I bet you guys would love to see the Eng in the J-20, try to see if he could "turn inside of me" in the F-22??? I think I could take you Eng!
As the Eng has said, this bird has an outstanding "pitch transition", even without OVT!
To me there is "nothing" quite as kool as these birds disappearing in a "vapor burst", I can't wait until we see the J-20 get "down and dirty", I would like to see it on the deck in a tail chase with an F-22.
For all you characters who claim to be able to make an objective comparison, with-out making a comparison, I know you would love to see that too ! LOL
Air Force Chiefs are very well informed, the upgraded F-16V will function much like our upgraded F-15s and will no doubt be networking with home team F-22s and F-35s....
People are making a number of assumptions that the J-20 will an equivalent with the F-22 or F-35. As good as the J-20 is, it will no doubt have vulnerabilities which can and will be exploited.
The reticence of the US to "arm up Taiwan" has been out of respect to China and their "sensitivities", we wish to not ignite any further paranoia, and while we respect their sovereign territory, we will defend our allies....
So the Taiwanese Air Force Chief is very confident that the US will keep our promises to be there, and he has every reason to confident in these up-graded F-16s.
For Sino Defense forum members to discredit this trust is extremely foolish and takes your Sino Defense professional credentials back several notches when you presume to know more than these Air Force Chiefs...
they may misspeak on the nomenclature, but they are part of a very well organized strategic picture, as they will be called upon to withstand a numerically superior force until the calvary arrives!
underestimate their commitment at your own peril.
manqiangrexue
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Well, a Chinese colonel called him out on it and they can't both be well-informed. If 1 out of 2 has to be wrong, do you fancy it might be the "well-informed" AF chief who couldn't tell the difference between J-20 and J-31? Or should be take his word on that issue too, cus it would be "foolish" for us to question him on jet identity, since he's an AF chief?
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