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Friday, June 13, 2008

China made jet J10 exhibited

China's advanced jet symbol J10, first developed and built by Chinese engineers, will be showed outside the office of China's largest plane maker AVIC-I(Aviation Industry Corporation I) in Beijing. The plane was unveiled in January, 2007.

As reported, the J10 looks something like the American F-16, and weighs about the same (19 tons). Like the F-16 the J10 has only one engine (built in Russia).

It's no accident that the J10 resembles the F-16, because Israel apparently sold them technology for their Lavi jet fighter, a "super-F-16" that Israel abandoned because it was too expensive.

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