Whoosh! “What Was That?” Chinese, To Go

By Mark Thompson | @MarkThompson_DC | February 1, 2012 | +

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The Chinese J-20

Military aviation guru Bill Sweetman has the latest on China’s stealthy J-20 fighter – you know, the one that kicked up a stink a year ago when it flew while then-defense secretary Robert Gates was visiting the Middle Kingdom – and finds some surprises in the latest issue of Defense Technology International:

“While it was known that China was developing a stealthy combat aircraft, the J-20 has emerged earlier than expected and appears to be more mature than the X‑plane or demonstrator that many people anticipated.”

Sweetman isn’t easily impressed, so this J-20 may be something worth keep one’s stealth-challenged eyes on.

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