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Are you referring to the saw tooth design? If so yes, it scatters radar waves.
No, I was referring to what looks like an upper intake. It's supposed to be a maneuverable UCAV, not like an X-47 type of UCAV, y'know? Maybe they made such a decision in order to save internal volume and decrease design costs and complexity. Maybe (in order to reduce the frontal RCS) there's a door inside the intakes that closes when the aircraft is in a stable long range flight, and when it needs to switch to the "dogfight mode" or needs more maneuverability, the upper one closes as frontal ones open.
It's just a theory but I can't think of an another reason why.
Probably to use it on unprepared runway to prevent eating dirt and gravel, it's way aft, maybe used for bleeding air at high speed too...
I don't see intake blockers though. It might be overpressure relief ports.
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Is this gill an airintake for high angle of attack of the aircraft, and the Kizilelma has razor shaped ones for stealth?