If you ever wondered what a JSF might look without those constraints, we now have a live, physical example.
如果你猜想，要是JSF甩开这些包袱会是个啥样，那我们现在正有一个活生生的例子摆在眼前。
Unfortunately...
倒霉的是。
..it's Chinese.
它是土鳖的
One of the photos of the new Shenyang stealth fighter, apparently designated J-31, that appeared on Chinese defense websites over the weekend is such a colossal gimme that it has to have been deliberate. Direct head-on shot?
Commercially available aircraft tug? Check. Extreme telephoto, so that perspective effects are lost in the noise?
这是一张新型的沈飞隐形战机的照片，似乎叫J-31，周末呈现在中国的防务论坛上，这一如此大方的赠礼，只能说是经过精心的谋划。正面免冠照?对了。商用的飞机牵引车?对了。超长焦镜头?以至于透视的畸变效果都消失在图像噪点里?也对了。
Sheesh, guys, can't you make it a challenge?
靠，伙计，你能不能别玩我?
The J-31's wingspan is an F-35-like 37.5 feet, unless my Soviet-watching skills have deserted me. This makes it smaller than the F-22 and considerably smaller than the Chengdu J-20. A good early guess is that the engines are Klimov RD-93s - imported in large numbers for the JF-17 - with a Chinese-built engine to follow.
J-31跟球电相仿的翼展约为37.5英尺，除非我警惕的无产阶级火眼金睛把我欺骗了。这使得该机小于F-22，更远小于成飞J-20，初步稳妥地猜测，发动机是克里莫夫RD93S，之前有为JF-17大量进口过，接下来会代之以土鳖国产发动机。