A Department of Defense official said the Chinese government leveraged technology stolen from the U.S. to develop its J-20 stealth fighter.
Fox Digital in a recent interview,
“What we know is that because of the espionage efforts, [China’s] J-20 is more advanced than it otherwise would be, and that’s the important point here.”“There are some similarities between the two planes,” leading “to speculation China’s cyber warfare teams stole data from the United States.”the aircraft leverages “[a]dvances in low-observable technologies [to] provide significantly improved survivability and lethality against air-to-air and surface-to-air threats.
An Australian RAAF F-35A flies over during a media preview ahead of the 2023 Australian International Airshow on February 24, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. China’s J-20 stealth fighter jet is seen at the 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, south China’s Guangdong Province, Nov. 8, 2022.
“China continues to make progress in closing the gap with U.S. low-observable designs,” Justin Bronk, a senior research fellow at Royal United Services Institute
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