J-35 carrier fighter (PLAN) thread

[ACuriousPLAFan]

A J-16 spotted accompanying a J-35 in-flight. Posted by @太湖军I名 on Weibo.

In video format:

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On the other hand, it has been alleged by @Oneninety on Weibo sometime ago that one J-20 and one J-35 have been spotted flying together on at least one occasion.

Here's one photo taken by someone else present there, with greater clarity. Posted by @立马投投花 in the comment section of @Oneninety's quote-shared post on Weibo.



Has the pitot tube on the J-31/35 been removed? I'm not sure. @Deino

 

[by78]

An undated image.

 

[Deino]

An undated image.

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Looks very much like just a blurrier version of this one? (posted on 12 June 2022)

 

[Deino]

Here's one photo taken by someone else present there, with greater clarity. Posted by @立马投投花 in the comment section of @Oneninety's quote-shared post on Weibo.

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Has the pitot tube on the J-31/35 been removed? I'm not sure. @Deino

Indeed it seems so ...



However I do not understand why so often - in fact almost always whenever a new images is leaked - some think it should be a PLAAF version? From my understanding there is only the PLAN NA variant we know so far as J-35 and otherwise some rumours, but to think - from these blurry images - it is a new variant is beyond my understanding.

 

[Deino]

Indeed it seems so ...

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However I do not understand why so often - in fact almost always whenever a new images is leaked - some think it should be a PLAAF version? From my understanding there is only the PLAN NA variant we know so far as J-35 and otherwise some rumours, but to think - from these blurry images - it is a new variant is beyond my understanding.

As an answer to the same question on Twitter I just got this:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1706678534205542852

 

[luosifen]

As an answer to the same question on Twitter I just got this:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1706678534205542852

Does he mean MSS? Is this guy credible if he doesn't know what the Chinese security agency is called?

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Here's one photo taken by someone else present there, with greater clarity. Posted by @立马投投花 in the comment section of @Oneninety's quote-shared post on Weibo.

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Has the pitot tube on the J-31/35 been removed? I'm not sure. @Deino

LMFAO



The answer:


Also did I just got Deino scolded for absolutely no reason lol

"Damn it, this photo has been stolen by that German guy on Twitter"

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Does he mean MSS? Is this guy credible if he doesn't know what the Chinese security agency is called?

Judging by his tweets, this guy is likely based in Hong Kong. Haven't seen him tweeting in languages other than English, though apparently he has a pro-China stance (at least on the 4th Taiwan Strait Crisis in August last year).

As an answer to the same question on Twitter I just got this:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1706678534205542852

If his "source close to him with internal info"'s information is anywhere near being accurate - Then perhaps the PLAAF's J-35(A) does not differ too much from the PLAN's J-35(B?) to warrant a completely seperate designation for both variants (akin to the J-15 vis-a-vis J-11)?

Or maybe the PLA or SAC is following the US' F-35 family variant designation method?

Just my own speculation on the matter, though.

 

[gelgoog]

You can bet the naval version will have changes like strengthened landing gear and foldable wings, which an air force version would not need to have.

 

[taxiya]

Indeed it seems so ...

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However I do not understand why so often - in fact almost always whenever a new images is leaked - some think it should be a PLAAF version? From my understanding there is only the PLAN NA variant we know so far as J-35 and otherwise some rumours, but to think - from these blurry images - it is a new variant is beyond my understanding.

Here is the comment claiming PLAAF version in the comment region of @Oneninety's post

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The person is 慕铭15. Someone stated that it is J-35 cat version. 慕铭15 argued that it is PLAAF version because the accompanying aircraft is PLAAF J-16 instead of PLANAF J-11BS as if he could see the difference from this blurry video from this distance.

These kind of people can see Jesus coming while we never can. They are the same kind of people who argued that: "CV-18 will use steam cat", "CV-18 is nuclear", "J-20 has a PLAN version" etc. It is kind of mental illness. A healthy person can never understand them.