STOVL J-20?!?!?!

via IDRW.org.

According to Russian Military-Industry Courier weekly and US Aviation News Weekly speculation,China has obtained from Russia the technology for a VTOL fighter jet, and will probably develop a VTOL version of the J-20 stealth fighter jet.
The technology was formerly used in Russia’sYak-141 VTOL fighter.
A prototype of the R-79-300 engine used in the Yak-141 was sold to China in 1996. In 1998, Russia transferred technology related to the nozzle of the engine to China.
The engine is a vector thrust turbofan with maximum thrust of 8,994 kg, which can be raised to 15,500 kg with additional boosting. Its nozzle can turn 95 degrees downwards with a lifespan of 1,500 rotations.
The Yak-141 is able to take off within a short distance of 5 metres.
It has set many world records for VTOL fighters, including climbing to 12,000 meters in 116.2 seconds with effective load of 2,000 kg and 130.5 seconds with 2,000 kg, and a climbing speed of 250 m/s from the height of 3,000 to 8,000 metres.

Wait.

What!?

A STOVL J-20?

I can hear the Pentagon pissing their pants all the way from here.

NOTE:  This goes out to my American readers in particular.  You need to shake yourself out of the belief that China only copies tech and has no ideas of its own.  Even if that were true, they're doing something different.  They're taking ideas and concepts that have in some cases been rejected here and working them up.  The J-20?  Its a large fighter/interceptor.  We're getting word that a STOVL example might be in the works and the only thing that can be said is that the story is false?  The plane has a HUGE fuel load (apparently).  Lose some fuel, replace it with a powerful enough lift fan (and since they stole F-35 plans they could simple double the size of the fan on that plane...or whatever engineers do) and they have their plane.  They could follow the French example on their Mirage STOVL concept and use multiple lift engines.  The issue is that they're progressing and we're cutting.  Across the board.  Get over the idea of inherent American superiority.  We're going to have to do as we always have.  We're going to have to work for it.