J-20 5th Generation Fighter VII

If you crop anything on a plane, you create additional angles to reflect radar and thus increase your RCS.

The trailing edges of control surfaces are cropped to minimise their radar return when viewed from the front. Specifically when the control surfaces deflect up or down from the optimal stealth positioning.

These croppings on the trailing edges of the control surfaces would almost certainly increase the RCS of the plane when viewed from behind, but since frontal RCS is of paramount importance, that’s a very good trade off.

Cropping the leading edge of control surfaces makes zero sense because you are trading higher frontal RCS for lower rearward facing RCS.

Is that the official transliteration for @Deino 's name?

Anyway it came from here:

Fu Qianshao says Eurasian Times interviewed this German expert in Chinese military aviation and he said the 2nd J-20S might be powered by WS-15 and that the back seat may be intended for AI rather than human pilot.

I imagine he's talking about this:
I read it and although Deino's name does show up it's hard to tell which part is attributed to him and which was by the article's writer.

Temstar said:

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Is that the official transliteration for @Deino 's name?

Anyway it came from here:

Fu Qianshao says Eurasian Times interviewed this German expert in Chinese military aviation and he said the 2nd J-20S might be powered by WS-15 and that the back seat may be intended for AI rather than human pilot.

I imagine he's talking about this:

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I read it and although Deino's name does show up it's hard to tell which part is attributed to him and which was by the article's writer.

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Hmmm?? In fact I was not interviewed by him and even more I would have never claimed "the 2nd J-20S might be powered by WS-15 and that the back seat may be intended for AI rather than human pilot." However - and even if it might sound arrogant - I don't think there is a second German "expert in Chinese military aviation".

In fact I was only asked concerning the serial number and explained it to the author since he originally mentioned it as an operational serial number from a frontline unit.

Deino said:

Hmmm?? In fact I was not interviewed by him and even more I would have never claimed "the 2nd J-20S might be powered by WS-15 and that the back seat may be intended for AI rather than human pilot."

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Indeed, that doesn't sound like the Deino we know.

Deino said:

However - and even if it might sound arrogant - I don't think there is a second German "expert in Chinese military aviation".

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This is the part of Deino we rarely know, the cockiness (or rather, a severe put-down on German military expert community)

Deino said:

In fact I was only asked concerning the serial number and explained it to the author since he originally mentioned it as an operational serial number from a frontline unit.

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Finally, this is the Deino we're very comfortable and familiar with.

Deino said:

Hmmm?? In fact I was not interviewed by him and even more I would have never claimed "the 2nd J-20S might be powered by WS-15 and that the back seat may be intended for AI rather than human pilot." However - and even if it might sound arrogant - I don't think there is a second German "expert in Chinese military aviation".

In fact I was only asked concerning the serial number and explained it to the author since he originally mentioned it as an operational serial number from a frontline unit.

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You better clear this up on Twitter if you haven’t already. Lots of people on Weibo are jumping at a chance to drag your name through the mud.

siegecrossbow said:

You better clear this up on Twitter if you haven’t already. Lots of people on Weibo are jumping at a chance to drag your name through the mud.

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Deino said:

Hmmm?? In fact I was not interviewed by him and even more I would have never claimed "the 2nd J-20S might be powered by WS-15 and that the back seat may be intended for AI rather than human pilot." However - and even if it might sound arrogant - I don't think there is a second German "expert in Chinese military aviation".

In fact I was only asked concerning the serial number and explained it to the author since he originally mentioned it as an operational serial number from a frontline unit.

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This is what happens when you have anything to do with Indian media

siegecrossbow said:

You better clear this up on Twitter if you haven’t already. Lots of people on Weibo are jumping at a chance to drag your name through the mud.

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I figured that might happen hence why I bought it to attention here.
I don't like it when that reverse information loop happens where it goes "Sutton/Henri Kenhmann -> Guancha -> other Chinese commentator -> weibo" and this case it's even worse with an Indian media thrown into the loop to further confuse the issue.



People have noticed the new tweet and are telling Fu Qianshao's team to check their sources more carefully in the future before opening their mouth.

J-20 and F-35 size comparison

Temstar said:

I figured that might happen hence why I bought it to attention here.
I don't like it when that reverse information loop happens where it goes "Sutton/Henri Kenhmann -> Guancha -> other Chinese commentator -> weibo" and this case it's even worse with an Indian media thrown into the loop to further confuse the issue.

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People have noticed the new tweet and are telling Fu Qianshao's team to check their sources more carefully in the future before opening their mouth.

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Thanks a lot not only for bringing it to attention but also for keeping me/us updated … I‘m not sure if he is, but if he likes again to quote me, he could contact me directly next time.

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