GreatHanWarrior
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South Korea MIG 1.44Again with this ignorant crap. The basic layout of J-20 was an evolution from the J-9VI-II, which predates the Mig 1.44 by at least 15 years. China did not have the technical capabilities to make the design work in the early 1980's. Song Wencong (chief designer of J-10 and architect of the J-20 program) was a young engineer working in the program back then and he took inspiration from it in his later works.
J-9 (Jianjiji-9 Fighter aircraft 9)
The J-9, built by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, never entered production. The single engine, delta canard design was cancelled in 1980, but the aerodynamic research in the program paved the way for the J-10 and J-20.www.globalsecurity.org