The J-20 is real. I tip my hat to Bill Sweetman. New photos on the Chinese Web this morning showing the J-20 preparing for high-speed taxi tests on 22 December are convincing - even to this former skeptic. Moreover, the usually definitive Top 81 site has finally updated its listing on the J-20 with the following information:
"The J-20 #2001 prototype was photographed when it was preparing for high-speed taxxing trial at the CAC airfield on December 22, 2010. The prototype features a pair of all-moving tailfins and ventral stabilzing fins, and the laters are expected to be removed on the production models. It also features F-22 style caret intakes but with DSI bumps installed at the upper corners, as well as a one-piece canopy."
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