Chinese Target F-22 Stealth Fighter

Early this month, Apple Daily reported that Japan and the U.S. would hold military exercises in November with China as the enemy in a scenario to recapture disputed islands after a surprise attack.

The war games will include participation of the USS George Washington nuclear aircraft carrier and F-22 stealth fighter jets.

On Oct. 8, five days after the report, a Chinese Air Force brigade in the Chengdu military district practiced firing a Hong Qi No. 9 missile, China's newest ground-to-air missile, to hit a target assumed to be an F-22, the Apple Daily said.

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