By contrast, China has never boasted or hyped its J-16, J-20, J-35, or J-50 during the PowerPoint or mock-up stage. Instead, people are often surprised to suddenly discover that the J-20 has entered service, or that the J-36 and J-50 are already conducting flight tests. Even during flight testing, China has remained remarkably low-profile and has rarely made grand claims about their performance specifications.
Turkey, on the other hand, has taken a very different approach. Even when a project exists only as a mock-up or a PowerPoint presentation, it is often promoted with extensive publicity and ambitious claims.
At present, all the KAAN fighter has demonstrated is that it can take off, land, and taxi. But what does that actually prove? Does it prove that it has greater combat capability than a toy model aircraft purchased on Amazon? No!