Huitong has started referring to these drones as "Type-X," which could serve as a helpful initial overview for their designation.🤔

No. 1 or Type A: ... not yet seen uncovered
No. 2 or Type B: ... also not yet seen uncovered

Finally here the J-35A was revealed… 🥳

(Image via @央视军事 from Weibo) Wow!😯I must confess, I am surprised, astonished, amazed … and I think it is easy to say that the unveiling of the J-35A, the confirmation as a PLAAF variant and the presentation in Zhuhai is the sensation of the year, at least for me!

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Due to the many new rumours popping up about "Pakistan will get its first J-31 by late 2025" but also "Egypt will order J-10C, J-20 from China and produce J-31 under license" I feel compelled to list my thoughts and concerns about why, in my view, this cannot be the case:

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https://twitter.com/ZEUS_PSF/status/1824899469420454004

In essence, it would be an unprecedented short period of testing from maiden flight to service entry, contradicts all what is rated “likely” regarding known prototypes and these claims totally contradict all we’ve seen so far from China in terms of export.

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Oh well, if this is the USAF's official understanding on the PLAAF's J-20, so what a fail 🤦‍♂️

1. Not sure, what Zhuhai Airshow they saw, but 15 J-20s in a formation? Here on earth? What?😯There were only two and no "additional group of the aircraft parked on the runway." ...

1. But even more:

2. Why still citing SCMP? Minnie Chan is probably the most unreliable source and this report was criticised as simply wrong. To claim there are 150 J-20s in service is ridiculous all the more in "4 air regiments, most operating in the interior of the country"

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