Chinese stealth fighter 'uses American technology'?

Chinese officials have recently launched a high-tech stealth fighter, possibly a 'serious threat' to the dominance of America's skies. However, according to some experts, some technologies of J-20 might be American.

The F-117 Nighthawk was shot down in the village of Budjanovci, 45 km northwest of Belgrade

According to Balkan military officials and a number of other experts, it is very likely that the Chinese have "gleaned " some of the technological know-how from the US F-117 Nighthawk (Night Hawk), the battle fighter. The picture was shot down in the Seribai sky in 1999.

Nighthawks is the world's first stealth fighter and the type of plane that makes radar difficult to detect. But on March 27, 1999, during NATO's Serbian air raid when the Kosovo war broke out, a Serbian anti-aircraft missile shot down a Nighthawks. The pilot jumped out and was saved.

It was the first time one of the stealth fighter had been shot down.The Pentagon believed that their fighters were shot down by Soviet-made SA-3 missiles thanks to clever tactics with some luck.

The wreckage of the plane splattered all over the field and people had collected many parts, mostly by small car, for souvenirs.

' At the time, intelligence revealed that the Chinese spy had entered the area of ​​the F-117 plane, bought some of it from local farmers ,' Admiral Davor Domazet-Loso, The chief of staff of the Croatian army during the Kosovo war, said.

' We believe that Chinese people have used those devices to learn more about secret stealth technology . and turn them into ', Domazet-Loso said in a phone interview with the news agency. tons of AP.

China's J-20 high-tech stealth fighter

A senior Serbian military official also confirmed that the fragments of the aircraft had been removed by gift collectors and some were " in the hands of foreign troops ".

There is no comment from the Ministry of Defense of China as well as the Pentagon .

China's versatile stealth fighter, dubbed Chengdu J-20 , made its first flight on January 11, showing its remarkable progress on public development. Advanced defense technology.

Although the two-engine J-20 took at least 8-9 years to be deployed, it became a rival to the US F-22 Raptor , Nighthawk's " descendant " and Currently the only stealth fighter is being deployed in the world.

China launched the J-20 just days before the US Defense Secretary Robert Gates's visit to Beijing, prompting some analysts to argue that China is purposely intended to prove its military strength. The greater his.

Many parts of the F-117 were shot down, like the left wing with the US Air Force emblem, cockpit roof, folding seats, aviator hats and radios, currently on display at Belgrade's aviation museum.

' I don't know what happened to the rest of the plane, ' said Zoran Milicevic, deputy director of the museum. ' In the past, many delegations visited us, including Chinese, Russian, and American . but no one expressed interest in taking any part of the aircraft '.

Zoran Kusovac, military consultant in Rome, said that the former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic often shared the equipment obtained by the West with his Chinese and Russian allies. ' The F-117 was shot down at the top of both the Russian and Chinese wish lists ,' Kusovac said.

The Russian stealth fighter Sukhoi T-50 had its first test flight last year and is expected to be deployed within four years. Some analysts say it is possible that the Russians also " learn " the stealth technology from the shot of the Nighthawk.

The F-117 was secretly developed by the US in the 1970s and put into use in 1983.

Although the aircraft is not completely 'invisible' to radar, its shape and ' absorbing ' radar makes it difficult for radar to detect. Its level of ' invisibility ' is also reduced by the wing tip and tail made of nonmetallic honeycomb structure, not radiating with radar beams.

Kusovac said that by understanding this important technology and especially the outer shell of ' absorbing ' radiation, China has strengthened its stealth know-how .

Alexander Huang of Tamkang University, Taipei, commented that the J-20 is a big step forward for China . At the same time, he also said that Domazet-Loso's assessment was ' reasonable '. ' There is no better explanation for the origin of the stealth technology of the J-20 fighter ,' the Chinese air force expert said.