I am more impressed at how the photographer managed to take a supposedly high speed craft and turn his camera from portrait to landscape so fluidly without missing a beat. The flight of the bird was almost perfectly parallel to the frame....
Mystery aircraft 4th August 2025: CCA vs other
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IIRC, there's a known guy in China that tries to create convincing PS images by transferring them onto a camera, and taking a picture of them on his camera to try and prove that they are real Camera imagery. So please, just because the photo's appear to be on a camera, let's not fall for the same trick again. I'm pretty sure this same guy has tried to pass off PS images of the J-36 too.
Two more images. I can't be sure if these are real or PSed.
here a third one from the same series but IMO obviously fake
If that is the case, someone should give him a tea overdose or something. Or at least named and shamed.
Shoddy fakes. You can see that the width of the wings on both sides is different：翻白眼：
More like authorities should invite him for tea over the fake images. Put him in jail for two days for leaking state secrets can do wonders.
The ones that post real images will be invited for tea.
Fakers muddy up the facts for foreign intel (OSINT and otherwise) and are actually beneficial for China's counterintelligence.
Well, I’m Italian, so I deal with the Italian and Western press. Many say that China’s new next-generation fighter jets are just propaganda stunts meant to steer public opinion into thinking that China is ahead. But in reality, the Chinese would actually be behind, especially in key technologies (engines, etc.). Meanwhile, the United States, calmly and methodically, is developing the F-47—essentially building a kind of ultimate fighter jet.
Do you agree with this view? To me, it would seem like a rather foolish strategy for China to show off muscles it doesn’t really have—it would only serve to unite its adversaries and push them to invest more. It reminds me of the MiG-25: its modern-looking appearance at the time spurred the Americans to commit heavily to the F-15.
I don’t know—this all feels like a form of Western propaganda to me, the kind that says: “Don’t worry, we’re still ahead,” complete with glossy graphics and flashy presentations.
Do you agree with this view? To me, it would seem like a rather foolish strategy for China to show off muscles it doesn’t really have—it would only serve to unite its adversaries and push them to invest more. It reminds me of the MiG-25: its modern-looking appearance at the time spurred the Americans to commit heavily to the F-15.
I don’t know—this all feels like a form of Western propaganda to me, the kind that says: “Don’t worry, we’re still ahead,” complete with glossy graphics and flashy presentations.
They are just lying to themselves at this point, might as well let them cope.