http://theaviationist.com/2012/09/16/j-31/

 

Looks like a second PRC stealth fighter.

Too many surprises from the Chinese this year ...

From http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/09/17/2003542952

 

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Images emerge of China’s second stealth jet fighter

By J. Michael Cole

 

A Chinese aerospace manufacturer on the weekend released high-resolution images of what could be China’s second stealth fighter.

 

CV32: Gotta love the Chinese nomenclature game. F-60, J-21 Snowy Owl, J-31 Falcon Eagle, etc, etc.

Not a very imaginative name there is it.

Probably sounds better in Mandarin.

From http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_09_24_2012_p28-497666.xml

 

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China Unveils Second Stealth Fighter

By Bill Sweetman, Richard Fisher, Bradley Perrett

Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology

September 24, 2012

 

China's unveiling of a second low-observable (LO) or stealthy fighter, a Shenyang product possibly designated J-31, followed the same pattern as the revelation of the Chengdu J-20 at the end of 2010: Photos were leaked via the Internet on the eve of a U.S. defense secretary's visit to Beijing. The not-too-subtle message, as the U.S. follows through with its plans to shift air and naval forces to the Pacific region, is that China's own military modernization is not slowing down.