It is one of the parade birds. You can tell because of they put yellow tapes on the plane, which are used to help other aircraft keep track of relative positions during formation flight.
What do you think the protrusion is at the spot where the luneburg lens is usually found? Is it a new type of luneburg lens or is it a camera?
It looks like they have way more J-20 planes right now. Just like they showed you a couple of type 094 subs at the same time. They just want to tease your imagination.Bigger question is, what percentage of J-20s in operation would the PLAAF actually fly? Like, you're claiming this is 1/3rd to 1/2th (implying 36-54 J-20s in service), but could it be that there's more J-20s that have flown off the production line?
I'd see the parade as an attempt to signal actual numbers of J-20s in service, or at least give the impression of a larger J-20 fleet.
It is just a parade, not for signaling something.a parade would be a poor way to signal how many J-20s are in service, unless every J-20 in service takes place in the flyby.
How many J20 have they made? Nobody in this forum really know, but use a fuzzy logic thinking, you can guess.
2016 six J20s in one batch
2017 ? batch & ? aircraft
2018 ? batch & ? aircraft
2019 ? batch & ? aircraft
2020 ? batch & ? aircraft
2021 ? batch & ? aircraft
Five and half years since the first batch of 6 J20s were reported.
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why old engine?
but you all refered this as the Anshan j-20? then where are those new j-20s?Simply since it is one of the earlier batch J-20.
but you all refered this as the Anshan j-20? then where are those new j-20s?
but you all refered this as the Anshan j-20? then where are those new j-20s?