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Yeah that was the most obvious conclusion of the J-XX program, especially given the changes from the a/b variant. But I'm referring to the specific name of J-20 being used... What's up with that?Chinese Air Force official: China's fourth-generation fighters refer to modified J-10 fighters
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China's fourth-generation fighters reported by media recently refer to a series of modified J-10 fighters, a Chinese Air Force official said November 23, 2009.
As to the classification of fighter generations, the world's military powers are varied. The U.S. defines F-15, F-16 fighters with the characteristics of transonic speed in medium-low altitude as third generation fighters and F-22, F-35 fighters with good performance in stealth, super sonic cruise and super maneuverability as fourth generation fighters.
Russia defines MiG-29, Su-27/30 fighters as third generation fighters and defines Su-35, the modified third generation fighters as fourth generation. The new generation of fighters with good performance in stealth, super sonic cruise and super maneuverability are defined as fifth generation.
The official said that China's fighters were independently created on the basis of introduction and imitation of Russian-made equipment and the fourth-generation fighters referred to the modified J-10 fighters.
lanpang is a guy on some Chinese forums?it came from lanpang,the person who revealed these photos in the first time(lanpang),it's very likey he has military background ,almost all the chinese military forums have renamed it to J-20 since last year
Shouldn't this be in yellow color?
I mean excuse me if I sound like sleeping under a rock all this while, but when did J-XX start to be termed as J-20?
I'm seeing a lot of threads with J-20 this n that, but what is the official word from Chinese authorities?
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