Japan revealed the first stealth aircraft

On March 8, the AP quoted a senior Japanese Air Force official as saying that Japan hopes to test the first stealth fighter in the next three years.

General Hideyuki Yoshioka, director of the Japan Aerospace Defense Agency's development department, said the first stealth fighter would be able to take off in 2014.

According to Yoshioka, Japan spent 39 billion yen ($ 473 million) on a stealth project. The project was launched in 2009 after Tokyo learned the US Congress passed a law banning the export of the F-22 "Raptor" aircraft - the most advanced US aircraft.

F-117A aircraft with stealth technology.

"If the countries around Japan have stealth technology, Japan needs to develop itself," said Yoshikazu Takizawa, a researcher at the Institute of Technical Studies and Development, Ministry of Defense. Technology to ensure security and defense '.

Recently, China successfully tested the Chengdu J-20 stealth aircraft.