It's much simpler than that. J31 is an attempted recreation of a Mig31 role. With western technology advancements. It turned out to just be a worse Mig31. Hence why they don't really know what to do with it now, as it's an OK plane with a specific role, and no one really wants an OK plane with a specific role unless it's cheap... really cheap...

Pakistan AF is already involved in FC 31 / J-31 Gyrfalcon stealth jet project

I gotta admit eventually the Chinese will build fighter jets or anything else that anyone in the world builds JUST AS WELL OR BETTER..

Its physics. When you match the performance requirements with modern materials you end up with similar solutions.

The chinese need to learn how to build jet ENGINES that are of good quality! They will as soon as they STEAL somebodies elses design...

I gotta say the 57 is pretty impressive even though it's not a TRUE stealth fighter.. The J-31 looks like a better jet all around than a J-20! I don't like Canards on a fighter jet.. They ruin stealth..

Where is amca? In Indian dreams or pPT?😅😅😅

forgotten because its not a 5th gen fighter and its just a poor copy.

2012 and has hardly ben seen......................failure !

How this military data are leaking 😂

Personally, I believe if China did use copied information then it doesn't mean they are bad, reverse engineering is still quite a feat to pull.

Sad attempt at a Chinese F-35 export copy. Engines so weak it needs 2 of them.

Its said that the J31, will be revealed and released as an actual "stealth" aircraft. Something the J20 would require a frame redesign to acheive.

the J20 is a really good aircraft and China's allies should buy it

India has LNOG way to go .... yet they need to catch up fast with the chinese...... most technology is highly confidential due to 2 hostile nations in east n west of india n western support is not reliable nor trustworthy

People think copying an aircraft is easy, but it's not. Changing even one inch of an aircraft means you have to change and test all the systems again. It's not like math homework where you can just copy and paste. For example, if you change the radar, you need to change all the software. If you change the missile, you need to adjust all the targeting systems. So, you can't completely copy an aircraft. Some say certain planes are copies of the F-35, but that's not true. They might be inspired by the F-35, and some technology might have been stolen by Chinese hackers. If that happened, first, the CIA should be ashamed for not noticing, and second, you should acknowledge that the Chinese are very hard-working. Competing with Western technology isn't as easy as it seems.

South Korea and Turkiye are well ahead of India.🐿️

I don't understand why the USA makes classified aircraft design information internet accessible. It should be on a closed system.

J31 .... pfft, pfft, pop....oops engines died again.

China's economy is collapsing.

I have been very fortunate to get a private tour of the very facilities where the pre-production aircraft are being constructed and flown (my brother is studying engineering and has considered going into aerospace engineering, and I got to tag along). That airframe in 0:31 was a bit closer to completion when I saw it.

I was hoping for more Australian footage

they have everything but not engine

That's f 35?

J-31 Air Inferiority Fighter. 2:13 Shenyang Aircraft Corp. arguably the most experience in copycat manufacturing in China

I didn't know you can order F35s from Temu 😂

Previous effort was a LIGHT combat aircraft! Now, why design a MEDIUM aircraft when for the same effort you can produce a full-fledged aircraft. Stupid people at work who have zero vision. This one is not going to have an operational clearance until about 2040 -2045. By that time the nations at the leading edge of military technology will be at generation 7 aircraft.

When u have lack of views just add India in title 😂

Yep. Looks like an F-22 from Wish.

Wrapping around the fuselage with Thai flag ribbon.

J-31 is the knockoff of F-35, since its maiden flight 2011, its stuck in prototype stage till date, there a grand total of 4 prototype out there, guess its hard to replicate the core technology of F-35

Turkish defence industry is lags behind western powers because of the visionless previous Turkish Governments and their meaningless agenda against Muslims in Turkey. Just sad not to develop a country earlier with this potential.

We have some problem with them but that doesn't mean we can underestimate them. After USA they have the best stealth fighter in the world, su57 is no match and others are still in development and won't come until 2030

China will grow larger

I’m always impressed by newer fighter planes. But I know if I walked past a J-20 and it had “made in China” on it, I think I’d die of laughter 😂

3:48 stop making things up

5th gen fighters are like modern cars. They all look alike.

J31 better be wary of USN CCAs & AI-powered Skyborgs both easily out range & outgun with AIM260JATMs & LREW surpassing range of PL15 & PL21. Besides B21 Ghost Raiders can fly from your six & shoot any toufu fighters from the rear & submarine launched F22B can wipeout any potential landings before any surviving J31 can return. Time to redraw plans for JXX

even if china did rip the entire plans and specs for the F-35 theres no reason why they would copy/paste it. They could just use that as a comparison for their own testing. I think it stands to reason they would afterall want to beat their adversary, not just meet them at the same level. Do consider that 20 years ago a chinese car was some 3 wheel bubble with a scooter engine and now they are mass building cars that actually meet requirements for exports - so they are clearly quite good at improvement and iteration when they put their minds to it. They will probably be flying those tictacs that we all seen in the navy ufo clips in 20 years from now

Lol,Supercross,this thing would have to land after 3 mins of afterburner, and everyone knows how good the Chinese in-flight refueling system is.

It is rumored that that j31 is foing to be a export variant and some countries are looking into it like Pakistan which already has considerable airplanes from china

Good video with a well-reasoned cautious analysis. As Millenium7* has noted, this stuff is far too complicated for straight 'rip off' copying. The copying and espionage are definitely happening, but those claiming Chinese stuff is all copies are just indulging in Olympic-class cope that promotes head-in-the-sand conclusions. On the 5th gen attributes, I confess I'm more interested in the networking capability of this and the J-20 than their stealth. The stealth is important, but it's hard to tell how valuable it is for the Chinese concept of operations. For example, if (speculating) the J-20 is intended as an AWACs & tanker killer, then moderately effective forward-aspect LO + a really good long range AAM would make a very effective combo. If that were the case, the Chinese may have made the judgement that the effort to further reduce RCS is better spent on more lethal AAMs.

Piece of shit,this thing is never gonna be competitive with any 5th gen aircraft,an d can be detected and shot down by most 4th gen.

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Excellent clip, thank you.

with the wings is it just fuel tanks or can u mount guns and rockets maybe even hellfires?

Chinese junk 🤣🤣🤣

Yes.

Fascinating. Thanks for creating. Grateful thanks to all the fine men who served in such atrocious conditions in the defence of us.

India was unfortunate it has the Congress party family for 80 years. Now they are gone for good. Since the last 10 years, Hindus for the first time, has taken over the country. Hopefully this party would last another 50 years.