An aircraft that is reported to be the Chinese stealth fighter, in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Photograph: Kyodo/ReutersWhile The World Watched The J-20 Test, China Was 'Deleting Posts About A Space Fighter' -- News.com.au
NOW China's got a secret space plane.
At least, that's if you believe the internets, of which four of their 255 million websites are fairly crackling with the news that China's not taking the US domination of space lying down.
And good luck finding those websites, because, according to The Chosunilbo, Chinese authorities are "deleting all internet posts about the space fighter".
In fact, you'd be lucky to catch even this one. China, it seems, is playing a double bluff game while US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in town.
Cheekily, it sent out its new stealth fighter, the J-20, for a test run during his visit.
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My Comment: If true, this is very sobering news. I know that China has a dedicated space program .... but unmanned space vehicles is something that I never thought that they were developing .... I guess I was wrong (maybe). Either way, this is a story that should not slip below the radar.
2 comments:
ahhh they don´t have one :)
The news of the Chinese working towards development of a space plane is actually pretty old - not spoken of frequently, but old nevertheless
Here is one of the more detailed articles about the same
http://www.strategycenter.net/research/pubID.174/pub_detail.asp
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