{"id":7365,"date":"2011-01-25T23:01:20","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T23:01:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-01-25T23:01:37","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T23:01:37","slug":"Stealth-Espionage-Claims-Disputed-in-China","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=7365","title":{"rendered":"Stealth-Espionage Claims Disputed in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese military experts disputed that China obtained secret U.S. technology to develop its new stealth fighter, saying the country relied on homegrown innovation to produce a plane that has drawn new international attention to its military advances.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speculation that China obtained U.S. stealth technology has been circulating since aviation experts noted that the J-20 stealth-fighter prototype looked like a larger version of the U.S. F-22 Raptor, currently the world’s only fully operational stealth fighter. The twin-engine J-20 made its first public test flight two weeks ago during a visit to China by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Associated Press quoted Balkan military officials saying China likely learned some of its stealth technology from pieces its agents obtained of the wreckage of a U.S. F-117 shot down by a Serbian antiaircraft missile during the 1999 Kosovo war. The F-117 Nighthawk was the first U.S. stealth fighter.<\/p>\n