Shenyang next gen combat aircraft (?J-XDS)

Syrida2887 said:

In fact, SAC has already started the moving process, but the construction of the new factory still needs several years, and it will become the main production line of J-35 in the future (it is not difficult to imagine that J35A, as a "cheap product", can be produced by assembly line in countries where J-20 can maintain high production efficiency, just like they assemble cars and mobile phones).

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Where is the new factory? Can‘t they just move it into the desert like Skunk Works?

uguduwa said:

Where is the new factory? Can‘t they just move it into the desert like Skunk Works?

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SkunkWorks isn't really in some remote desert. Its in a suburb of Los Angeles, :
The issue is that you cannot just move an aircraft factory. You need to move all the workers, their families and build another air strip. And then you need all the support network; the buildings, schools, shops, grocery stores.

So the best you can do is move it somewhere where you have more space to expand and a little more control over who gets to see what is on the runway.