J-35A could be the stealthiest frontal aspect current generation fighter jet?
Chinese state media published a video yesterday with the military analyst claiming the J-35A fighter jet is stealthier compared with both the F-35 and the F-22 with improvements due to manufacturing processes. While this kind of direct comparison between different airframes will fundamentally be less credible because just about next to nobody in the world knows the truth, I do feel that releasing comparisons like this does come from some real world data given the known aerial encounters between the F-35 and the J-20.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1zrc2esEZv/
It has been known for many years that airframes of the J-35 family have been constructed with 3D printing techniques by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, so perhaps this is one advantage of that manufacturing process. One known disadvantage however that comes with 3D printing in other manufacturing sectors is that scaling up is typically more difficult unless you acquire greater numbers of machinery used for this new manufacturing process.
https://mil.sina.cn/sd/2019-02-15/detail-ihqfskcp5341232.d.html
Of course there is still a massive disclaimer of how this one single video about stealth characteristics between adversarial fifth generation stealth fighter jets is not exactly coming from official military spokespeople. I would also bet there was little consideration by this military analyst regarding more aspect stealth, of which the F-22 would surely be more stealthy from the rear aspect in comparison with the J-35A.