I am just going from the infographic, we need to look closely at what we thought were the J-20 originals in the parade and see if any of them are not what we thought.
J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VIII
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Either engines or the rumored radar/combat electronics swap?
J-20 is also there tho
B is definitely what we've been calling A. It is the single seater with canopy hump and now darker skin material.
Maybe A is now discontinued. It is the model that we would have previously called J-20. It has no canopy hump and the lighter skin material. Maybe J-20A is the J-20 with WS-10C. J-20B is the latest block of J-20 and J-20S is the twin seater. The J-20 lines being manufactured now could just be J-20B and J-20S.
What we previously called J-20 with the AL-31 is phased out in terms of designations or also falls under the J-20 designation.
So you have:
J-20 with AL-31
J-20A with WS-10C
J-20B (WS-10 variant and/or WS-15) with new canopy hump and darker skin
J-20S (WS-10 variant and/or WS-15) with new canopy hump and darker skin
Maybe A is now discontinued. It is the model that we would have previously called J-20. It has no canopy hump and the lighter skin material. Maybe J-20A is the J-20 with WS-10C. J-20B is the latest block of J-20 and J-20S is the twin seater. The J-20 lines being manufactured now could just be J-20B and J-20S.
What we previously called J-20 with the AL-31 is phased out in terms of designations or also falls under the J-20 designation.
So you have:
J-20 with AL-31
J-20A with WS-10C
J-20B (WS-10 variant and/or WS-15) with new canopy hump and darker skin
J-20S (WS-10 variant and/or WS-15) with new canopy hump and darker skin
Come on ... Then please explain a bit!
Based on what was known so far there was no "B", so what is it now and is it confirmed or just gueswork?
So in fact as we thought originally it would be?
J-20A may not be produced anymore. The variant with the canopy hump and darker skin is new and it makes no sense to have two separate single seater lines both for the PLAAF. Especially when you have several air to air and air to ground dedicated heavy and supersonic CCAs plus who knows how many smaller to medium subsonic CCAs to supplement missions further. Not to mention J-35 PLAAF version and 6th generation fighters on the horizon.
Which infographic? ... please don't be so cryptic, add the relevant sheet!
The infographic was posted in the 9/3 military parade thread. Looks official?
