Honestly, that might best be left to something more akin to a bomber, or to stealth weapons pods/stealthy weapons. At some point having a bigger strike fighter just for the purpose of increased payload becomes impractical.
LoL, don't say that when Deino's around.
Honestly though, I think all of us are just waiting for something to change now (new air frame/new engines/maneuvers).
well, some really good high res photo will be great too, and more angles, not expecting any though, cause PLA is not going to release any chase plane photos any time soon, and hmm... they need to work on how to shoot great photos too
not expecting any changes so soon, that will probably come with 2003/04, i think 2001 will stay pretty much the same till it become a museum piece, think of it as the J-10A 1001
about the weight/size talk, another way to look at it is engine, we know the current mature engine China has is WS-10 so the aircraft will probably be built around it, a pair of WS-10 will indicate a F-15/Flanker sized aircraft (though i too prefer Deino's Hornet mix)
where is this SAC J-XX place in the future PLAAF force? will it be cheaper than the J-20? i hope so, because CAC's J-20 won the competition, but if it's a near J-20 analog my feeling is SAC not letting this competition go down till any bird enters PLAAF service, don't want J-20 remains a prototype forever do we? (or perhaps some will when SAC's J-XX appears and turns a few heads)
where have we heard that story of the premier superiority fighter aircraft cut down to a smaller number in favor of the cheaper, more flexible and multirole aircraft.... and don't forget PLA is cheap
SAC is betting on something
