Apparently China's Stealth Plane Is Not So "Stealthy"

Images that appear to show Beijing's prototype stealth fighter jet during a 'taxi test' at a facility in western China.

China Stealth Plane Still 'Years Away', Says Pentagon -- BBC

The US is downplaying pictures which appear to show a working prototype of a Chinese stealth aircraft, invisible to radar.

The images - first published on websites - show what looks like a stealth fighter on a taxi run.

Beijing has not commented on whether the pictures - published ahead of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates' visit later this week - are genuine.

The Pentagon says China is still years away from deploying a stealth aircraft.

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