Chinese jet fighter highlights need for intelligence, dialogue

As far as stealth fighters are concerned, the Chinese prototype J-20 is perhaps too eye-attracting.

On Dec. 22, 2010, photos of a taxiing test at the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute of the fifth-generation twin-engine fighter aircraft emerged on the Internet and triggered a firestorm in the international media.

On Jan. 11, hours before U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing, the prototype was taken for a 20-minute test flight.

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