Photographed in a three-quarter profile, the new J-35A is the land-based sibling to China's stealth J-35, which Beijing plans to deploy with its naval aircraft carriers.
A decade ago, documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that many terabytes of US military data, including radar designs and engine schematics for the F-35, had allegedly been hacked by Chinese spies.
The similarities between the Chinese and American jets are striking - both have the same characteristic internal weapons bays to maintain radar-evading stealth and aerodynamic air-intake channels beneath their cockpits.
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