Yeah. This is the thing with AI-enhanced images especially if the original is extremely blurry. Lots of stuff get distorted and/or conjured up from nowhere.
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Also moving vertical tail would match with some of the earlier images we've seen.
Possibly another new photo. Warning: it has been somewhat upscaled by AI.
The way, what i assume are tree branches in the bottom have been mangled by AI it's difficult to even put faith in this silhouette.
Oh that upscaling is upsettingly atrocious.
What's with the protuding wing tips. That part got me curious the first time I saw it (in other photos as well)
It is designed to be flush with the tailfin when it is folded flat (i.e. stealth mode). It is only prominent when the tailfins are vertical, likely during dogfights or landing situations.
I presume it's the lambda wing configuration + the all-moving wingtips making it look even more messed up than it is.
We have a video of it in flight:
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Looks like the image might not have been upscaled at all.
Observations:
- Groove is still present
- No line delineating the moveable tailfins from the lambda wings.
You know what, I'm inclined to say that whatever that is, it's a different thing (either that be a previous tech demo, CCA derivative, whatever) that this:
Tailsting/nozzles don't match up + a number of other differences. I'm suspecting the one captured in the video posted today is a tech demo, an early one at that.
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