First Chinese Stealth Fighter Ready For Takeoff? -- Time Magazine
Aviation buffs are buzzing over blurry photographs now surfacing on Chinese military websites purporting to show Beijing's first stealth fighter jet, the Chengdu J-20 fighter. Chinese aviation fans says they have been snapping pics of the jet during recent taxi tests, with a first flight likely still weeks away. It's the best holiday gift Western air power advocates could wish for -- or further evidence of the self-licking ice cream cone nature of defense spending. Most likely, both.
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Update #1: Is This China’s First Stealth Fighter? -- The Danger Room
Update #2: China's Stealth Striker -- Ares/Aviation Week
Update #3: Hints of a Chinese Stealth plane J-20 surprise US analysts -- Daily Mail times
Update #4: Photo–NextGen Chicom fighter jet or Photoshop? -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog
My Comment: I suspect that some aviation experts are being called into the office this morning to give an assessment on this plane.
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