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Japan "Stealth" airplane prototype ready to fly in 2014

Tokyo, Japan - The country has put 473 million Dollars into the project since 2009

Japan is looking to join the ranks US, China and Russia’s aviation industry with a stealth fighter that senior Japanese air force officials say can be ready for a prototype test flight 2014. Lt. Gen. Hideyuki Yoshioka, director of air systems development at Japan's Ministry of Defense, said that Japan has put 39 billion yen (473 million Dollars) into the project since 2009, after it became clear t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1126691
Rome, Italy, 03/08/2011 14:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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