A side-by-side comparison of the USA’s F-35C naval joint strike fighter, and China’s new J-35 Naval stealth fighter.
More about the J-35:
A history of the J-35 stealth fighter, in pictures. The first image, the black-and-red 31001 Jet, was the technology demonstrator prototype shown to the PLA, initially called the FC-31 “Gyrfalcon”.
The second and third image in each picture shows the first flying prototype of the as of yet Un-revealed J-31/J-35 fighter jet.
The most recent, and lowest down image shows the completed J-31/5 350003 wing-number Stealth fighter jet for the new PLAN Fujian aircraft carrier.
The fighter jet’s name has been an interesting story in and of itself; initially sold as the FC-31, it’s name would change to J-31 to fit official Chinese naming designations within the Air Force (“J” is the Chinese equivalent of “F” in American fighter jet nomenclature; J referring to Jianjiji [歼击机] or, literally “Fighter Plane”.)
However as the jet as not officially been unveiled, many Chinese netizens took to referring to it as the J-35, as this is literally how the USA’s F-35 is translated.
Specially stealth fighters. They all look “samey”. honestly F35 and F22 are very similar, so is the european, russian and south korean projects.
The ones I think are the most distinct are J-20 and the Japanese one I forgot the name
Almost as if the physics of having low radar visibility or good aerodynamics are the same worldwide! But nah, folks will claim it’s all copied.
China so ebil they copied western physics 😡 smh