Oh good for them...I mean they 70% copied the OUTSIDE of our F-22. I read one article where it said “They have MASTERED the shape of stealth for flight!” Were it so there would be no external bumps for the flight controls, there would be no forward canards and their would not be the ridiculous tail on this plane....Is it good? I bet it is...is it comparable to our true 5th generation fighters the F-22 and 35? I am more than willing to be it is not. Still if your aircraft is good but your pilot sucks...you have gained an expensive loss.
We’ve only got 146 or so F22s and the 35 is still teething at best. China could keep throwing 15s and other planes into the fray until we run out of the very few missiles those 2 planes carry, and then ...
However reportedly, the Chinese strategy is for the 15s to go after the refulers and AWACs first. Probable leaving it new fleet of SU-35s to take care of the 22s and 15s.
Doesn’t look like the J-20 uses vector thrusting.