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The trailing edge of the wing implies that stealth is not a high priority
The tail arrangement resembles MiG's Project 1.44
It appears that the Chinese stealthy aircraft is the real deal.
The trailing edge of the wing implies that stealth is not a high priority
The tail arrangement resembles MiG's Project 1.44
The insignia, which I noted earlier when I called hoax, appears to be correct at the higher resolutions.
As Bill Sweetman notes, the fact that the the planform appears to be a fairly conventional clipped delta, which, "Has some signature implications, with what looks like an almost unswept trailing edge, because edges scatter forward and backwards."
The size of the aircraft is still not yet clear, though it appears to be at least as large as the F-22.
At that size, it is likely to be intended either as a strike aircraft, or as an interceptor, or (more likely, it will be expensive, and expensive single taskers are bad) both, rather than the sort of "air dominance fighter" that the F-22, and (probably) the PAK-FA are.
The bottom picture of the abortive MiG 1.44 project shows that the arrangement at the back is very similar to that project, and it should be noted that this project did not have stealth as a priority.
Please note that anything that I say here come from a perspective of rather profound ignorance though.
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