Shenyang J-35

The Shenyang J-35 (Chinese: 歼-35; pinyin: jiān-sānwǔ), also known as the Cloud Dragon, is a series of Chinese single-seater, twin-engine, all-weather, stealth multirole combat aircraft manufactured by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), designed for air superiority and surface strike missions. The aircraft has two variants, a land-based variant designed for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), and a carrier-based variant optimized for catapult-assisted takeoff (CATOBAR) for the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF). The aircraft is also promoted for export. It is the first fifth-generation fighter in the world to have been launched, in 2025, from an aircraft carrier using an electromagnetic catapult (EMALS).
The aircraft was developed from the FC-31 Gyrfalcon (Chinese: 鹘鹰; pinyin: Hú yīng), a stealth aircraft prototype that served as a demonstrator aiming to secure potential export customers after SAC lost the J-XX bid to the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's J-20. SAC, however, kept the project going via private funding, and later the People's Liberation Army, particularly the PLA Navy Air Force, took an interest in the FC-31 project, leading to the prototype...