Re: This is probably very bad..
"Crash from being harassed by opponent fighter jets?"
Goes the propaganda. If either of the claimed "it was somebody else" theories were correct we can be sure of some things:
* The Soviets would have shouted it from the rooftops
* The project wouldn't have been cancelled as infeasible
Chinese competition to the F-35? Heh. In the same way as the T-50 is supposed to be (popularly) competitive with the F-22 but patently isn't, I assume?
Some people need to find a grip. It's pencils in space and graphite in your sensitive safety-critical electronic systems all over again...