Bay is almost J-20 sized, undoubtedly designed to accept PL-12 missiles.
Out of curiosity, when were the photos taken? Recently or when the J-31 first flew? I don't remember any image of the weaponsbay before.
Shenyang FC-31 / J-31 Fighter Demonstrator
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Bay is almost J-20 sized, undoubtedly designed to accept PL-12 missiles.
Out of curiosity, when were the photos taken? Recently or when the J-31 first flew? I don't remember any image of the weaponsbay before.
Surely not from the first flight or within the first half of the yaer, since during this timeframe we have not seen any images with the gear up. Also - I need to check when exactly - these yellow corners around the w-bay are quite recent additions.
If not recently taken I would say between October last year and now.
Deino
asif iqbal
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Has it got individual nozzle control look at the left nozzle it looks narrower than the right nozzle?
Blackstone
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Equation
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Nah, it's just the angle of the picture made it look like it.
Equation
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kwaigonegin
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I couldn't open the site.
this one is better from WSJ.
Blackstone
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Thus the if-then in my post...
Skywatcher
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It's possible Mr. Kendall meant the J-31, referred to it only as a "stealth fighter" and the reporters assumed that Chinese stealth fighter equals the J-20 (the transcript of the testimony isn't online yet, so we can't check for now).
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