In fact I don't know what to think right now ... I'm surprised that after the long waiting for years, the reaction on this finally clearer image is rather surprisingly low. This might be based on the fact, that this images leaves some more open questions than it gives answers, since we have been fooled so often recently:
My biggest concerns are:
- the grey surface of the J-20 is too smooth (looks edited afterwards)
- the first known photo of a J-20 prototype + WS-15 shows it with a red star on the tail unit, the new photo shows the no. 2012 (so either another prototype, or different date of photo?)
- I always assumed that the length of the afterburner nozzle differs, but this does not seem to be the case here (almost the same length as AL-31FN)
... and there is, unusually, almost no discussion about this photo?
So what is the current status? Real or fake, real and edited? I actually don't know but maybe this helps to identify.
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