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First Pictures of Chinese Stealth Fighter

Frosty Piss writes "The first clear pictures of what appears to be a Chinese stealth fighter prototype have been published online. The photographs, published on several unofficial Chinese and foreign defense-related websites, appear to show a J-20 prototype making a high-speed taxi test — usually one of the last steps before an aircraft makes its first flight — according to experts on aviation and China's military. Several experts said the prototype's body appeared to borrow from the F-22 and other US stealth aircraft. The US cut funding for the F-22 in 2009 in favor of the F-35, a smaller, cheaper stealth fighter that made its first test flight in 2006 and is expected to be fully deployed by around 2014."

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  1. Re:Someone help me out here. by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not to mention that the Cessna would be flying at 70,000 feet.

    What, yours can't? :-)

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  2. Re:Someone help me out here. by Chris+Burke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tadah! Captain Literal shits on another joke!

    How is it possible to defecate on an expression of humor? I mean maybe one could shit on a fixed representation of a joke, like a joke book, but this is on the internet, so I can only guess you just crapped on your monitor. Which seems like a pointless and self-defeating gesture if I may say so.

    Or am I taking Captain Literal too literally?

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