Image: US Naval Institute
You can be forgiven for thinking you're watching an F-23 or an F-22 rolling coal in the video above. It's not—the number of engines and the shape of the intakes are probably the most visible tip-offs. It's a Chinese J-31, warming up for an appearance at the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai next week.The resemblance between the Chinese jet and its slightly older American counterparts is pretty uncanny though. USNI News quoted one Air Force operational test pilot as saying, "they sure look like F-35 and F-22s don't they?"
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