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Friday, January 28, 2011

China refutes the J-20 uses F-117 copies

F-117 NighthawkA Chinese test pilot refuted allegations that the country's new J-20 stealth fighter aircraft used copied parts from a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk downed in 1999.

Controversy, as well as excitement, has swirled around China's J-20 since it was unofficially revealed to the public earlier this month in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Several videos of the test flight appeared on Internet sites.

Chinese President Hu Jintao told U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates about the flight of the prototype J-20 shortly before Gates left Beijing after a three-day visit to China intended to improve military communications between the two countries.

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