Maybe it is related to the fact that, on the 22nd of December, the basin in which the Type 003 is to be assembled has been cleared out. They're probably moving in the modules for assembly soon.
J-10C, J-20, and possibly other Chinese platforms already employ HMD/S. There are a few export-oriented systems as well.
If PAF wanted to integrate the Thunder Block III with one of those systems, it shouldn't be too difficult. I'd imagine that most of the difficulty comes in software programming.
Here: https://www.weibo.com/3061210763/Ilw13bjX4
Any idea when we might see a physical prototype or are you not more informed about the project than the rest of us are?
Sorry, but no. The most impactful airframe changes will be invisible - i.e. more use of composite materials, strengthening of hardpoints, more 3D-printed pieces and single-construction airframe parts, etc. - rather than some hypothetical stealth shaping that will have zero impact on the...
Because putting useless "stealthy features" just for aesthetic purposes is a dumb idea and nobody with actual engineering talent would waste time on that.
Engineers are not architects and even the latter sometimes don't give a crap about aesthetics.
That's a fairly detailed report from CrowdStrike. Are most of these spies domestically-trained/hired and then turned by Chinese agents or were they directly imported into the US and Europe for the sole purpose of espionage?