Sure it is lol. Comparing something in service to something in early development is totally more relevant to the topic, right?
You said it's the ideal shape, which it clearly isn't.
In terms of 5th Gen fighters that are actually in service rather than a next generation prototype, yeah. It clearly is, and I've already said why. Prove otherwise.
And now you are modifying your statement
Because I never expected someone to be this disingenuous to compare a 6th Gen prototype to existing 5th Gens, but here we are. This is childish.
Be consistent. If you are going to make statements, be complete.
Sorry (I'm not) I didn't expect someone to produce such childish and ridiculous comparisons.
From a good source, J-20A's stealth is on the same level as F-35 from front and side.
Believable.
the only major difference you can really point to is the presence of canards on J-20A and lack of that on J-35.
And the smaller size, which inherently gives you a smaller RCS. And also the strakes (they may be made from composites, but the parts that connect them to the fuselage aren't). And the smaller actuators. All these pile up, and in the end the margin between the two will be noticeable.
No matter how you try, conventional wings in equal circumstances are inherently stealthier.
In the complex battlefield that we are likely to see, this is not really going to be that big of a deal.
Why strive for the smallest RCS then? Guess the Su-57 approach is the best, eh?
No, you are the one that said J-35A is the textbook perfect fighter shaping
It is, in terms of existing 5th Gens.
Go on, prove otherwise. You better actually pull up an actual good argument unlike using a next generation prototype which is largely irrelevant to the discussion at hand.
Anyone that starts with a statement like that deserves to be rebuked.
You stand there and tell me that while using the J-36 as an argument? The absolute audacity lmao. The J-20 is inherently less stealthier than the J-35A, period.
"amongst the first in the world" means it is among others. If J-20 (and F-22) are not the others who else can be? If J-35 is so outstanding from others it would not have been called amongst.
The original text says "the J-35A's stealth capabilities are ranked top 1 of the world." No amongst.
It is newer to get PLA color, but not newer in the R&D process. FC-31 appeared only one year later than J-20, they started from the same time.
Not really. The FC-31 that flew at 2012 is significantly different to the J-35/A that we see today. Majority of the changes and refinement happened after it was adopted by the PLAN, which happened much later.
To illustrate this, the J-20 prototype 2011 flew during 2014, but the J-35 (not even A)'s equivalent, 3501 prototype flew during 2021.
It is a new aircraft from inside from manufacturing perspective. It would be stupid to retain the production methods of more than 10 years ago
We unfortunately don't have definitive proof of such, just like how the J-35A doesn't have definitive proof that it's stealthier than the J-20, but at least the J-35A has official statement going for it. In fact, I don't think I've heard even rumours that the J-20A will incorporate the J-35A's extensive degree of additive manufacturing other than "they must."
