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lucciano85m:
Japan stealth jet prototype set to fly in 2014


Japan is looking to join the United States, China and Russia with a stealth fighter that senior Japanese air force officials say can be ready for a prototype test flight in just three years, significantly upping the ante in the intensifying battle for air superiority in the Pacific.

The prototype will likely be able to fly in 2014, Lt. Gen. Hideyuki Yoshioka, director of air systems development at Japan's Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with The Associated Press.

read more: http://www.xairforces.net/newsd.asp?newsid=393&newst=8

Raptor:
Yeah I was actually wondering about that "stealth jet prototype." =/


Based on the type of relationship Japan has with the US, they'll either somehow offer enough money to get the F-22, or get the F-35 I think. (sorry nothing new here, i'm of the same opinion.)

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