China Accused Of Stealing US Technology To Make J-20 Stealth Fighter Jet

The allegations appeared in the report Fox News Digitalciting American military experts. Experts warn that more needs to be done by Washington to protect its weapons information and prevent Beijing from making such huge leaps of development in the future.

“What we do know is that due to espionage efforts, the J-20 [China] more sophisticated than it needs to be, and that’s the big point here,” former Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy James Anderson told Fox News Digitalwhich was launched Friday (10/3/2023).

“They’ve made a fortune off their heist over the years,” said Anderson.

“They’ve put it to good use, and they’ve produced a state-of-the-art fifth-generation fighter.”

But he said it was difficult to determine how the J-20 would be compatible with the US F-22 Raptor stealth fighter for less than actual combat.

Beijing began development of the J-20 stealth fighter for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force in 2008 with the aim of developing a fighter that could compete with American warplanes.

The J-20 made its first flight in 2011 and entered service in 2017.