China's Latest Stealth Jet Fighter

J-20 number 2011. Via Chinese Internet

China’s Latest Stealth Fighter Prototype Has, Well, Actual Stealth Features -- David Axe, War Is Boring

Possible new camera, nozzles and coating on latest J-20

The third—or maybe fourth—copy of China’s first stealth fighter design has appeared in photos published on the Chinese Internet. The Chengdu J-20 Dragon with the nose number “2011” appears to boast several important improvements and marks Beijing’s continued march towards an operational radar-evading warplane.

In other words, this new J-20 is a big deal—and comes hard on the heels of several other major aerospace advancements in China, including the first public flights of the new J-16 fighter-bomber and a potentially weapons-armed jet drone.

The J-20 first appeared in photos leaked online—most likely by bloggers on the Chinese Communist Party payroll—in late December 2010. The large, twin-engine fighter prototype with the nose number “2001,” painted a sinister black, first flew in January 2011, commencing a slow but steady test program.

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My Comment: Expect even more Chinese prototypes in the near future.