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| B&W photograph of the "number 2013" J-20 prototype circulating on social media. (Internet photo) |
An internet user recently published a black and white photograph of the "number 2013" prototype of the Chengdu J-20, China's first stealth fighter, on a test flight, according to Sina's military news web portal.
The angle of the photograph suggests that the area of the canard wings is quite large and that the body of the plane is long and thin, which suggests that it will have high-speed cruise capability.
Many countries have accused China of designing its military aircraft by copying the fighters of other countries. Media outlets in Europe and the US have suggested that the J-20 is a rip-off of the US F-22 stealth fighter, while Japanese media have suggested that the design concept of the J-20 is derived from the MiG-1.44 technology demonstrator developed by the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia, although the project was later abandoned.
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| Harbin Z-20 Helicopter (Internet Photo) |
The website of US magazine Wired previously stated that the Xian Y-20 large military transport aircraft "sports the same wide swept wing and T-shaped tail as the Boeing-made C-17, blueprints of which China obtained several years ago through a spy working for the Chicago-based plane manufacturer." Overseas media outlets have also stated that the Harbin Z-20, a 10-tonne multirole helicopter developed at China's 602nd Aircraft Design Institute, is a clear copy of the S-70C2, the export version of the US Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk.
Read the full story at Want China Times