New Chinese Fifth-Generation Fighter Revealed
AIN Defense Perspective » September 21, 2012
The latest Chinese combat aircraft to be revealed has a similar configuration to the Lockheed Martin F-35A/C.
September 21, 2012, 11:45 PM
Imagery emerged on the Internet last weekend showing China’s latest stealth fighter in prototype form. With fifth-generation characteristics, it bears a distinct resemblance to the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor and F-35A/C Lightning II stealth fighter designs, and appears to be similar in size to the latter. Photos of the twin-engine aircraft on the ground at an unidentified airfield–possibly Xian-Yanliang airbase–were leaked the day before U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta started a three-day visit to Beijing. Could this be mere coincidence? China’s earlier stealth design, the Chengdu J-20, made its first flight just before former Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited China in January 2011.
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