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Title: China stealth fighter 'copied parts from downed US jet
Post by: Aussie Mike on January 26, 2011, 04:24:22 am
China stealth fighter 'copied parts from downed US jet'
4 January 2011 Last updated at 13:47 GMT (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12266973)

(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50683000/jpg/_50683401_j20_1.jpg)

Photo apparently showing prototype of Chinese-
made stealth plane Photos of the Chinese-made
stealth aircraft began appearing on websites
earlier this month
The technology behind China's J-20 stealth fighter may have come from a US plane shot down during the Kosovo war, Balkan military sources say.

Adm Davor Domazet-Loso, Croatia's military chief of staff at the time, claims Chinese agents took parts of a downed F-117 stealth jet in 1999.

The F-117 had been shot down by a Serbian anti-aircraft missile during a Nato bombing raid.

China's J-20 stealth fighter had its first test flight earlier this month.

Currently, the United States is the only nation with a fully operational stealth plane.
Title: Re: China stealth fighter 'copied parts from downed US jet
Post by: Dangermouse on January 26, 2011, 04:55:39 am
Looks alot like the "Raptor"
Wonder if i can have a go? ;D
Title: Re: China stealth fighter 'copied parts from downed US jet
Post by: Aussie Mike on January 26, 2011, 06:26:28 am
China has had stealth capability for years, just try walking down a footpath and not get run over by the SBD (silent but deadly) stealth E-cycles.  ;D
Title: Re: China stealth fighter 'copied parts from downed US jet
Post by: Andy72 on January 30, 2011, 03:34:42 am
Maybe they have capabilities also in Hollywood scene:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/28/china-tv-news-top-gun (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/28/china-tv-news-top-gun)