kwaigonegin
Colonel
I mentioned this very thing a while back. Makes no ffing sense why the J35 had to also imitate the forward hinging canopy of the F35.With F-35A/B/C, the canopy opens forward to make space for the lift fan in the F-35B STOVL variant, but that this creates issues for the ejection seat. IE. they need explosives to blow the canopy in an ejection. Interesting that the J-35 also sees the canopy fold forwards as well.
Unless there is also some VTOL variant in the works that no one is aware of.
If so I think that would be a huge mistake. It's already a big mistake for the US, it would be a disaster for PLAN or PLAAF.