They began developing this new fighter after their requests for the from the U.S were met with lukewarm responses. The Americans were concerned about security and technology leaks should they sell a few F-22s to the Japanese. And since Japan is geographically close to China and Russia, the leak scenario they have conjured up may seem to look valid. As it is the Americans are ahead in stealth technology by 20 years and I’m sure they want it to stay that way for a very long time.
This pisses the Japanese off because one of the main reasons they wanted to upgrade from their F-15 is in light of other countries around them building up their armed forces. China is for one building their forces at an alarming rate.
So they decided to make a stealth fighter of their own. The new fighter will be made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. If anyone remembers, MHI is the company that was responsible for building one of the most feared WW II fighters, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter.
The only fighter Japan has designed and built post WW II was the . It was a small support fighter to complement its F-15 fleet.
The new stealth fighter - which does not have a designation yet - will be small, sleek and fast too. Typical of. Unlike the Americans that likes to make big bad ass mofo planes. Japan will probably apply their car making principles to the new fighter. The Japanese fighter will probably be fuel efficient, requires much less maintenance, rarely breaks down and easy to handle. The mock-up had already gone stealth technology testing in France and was given a high stealth rating by the French.
I for one love the look of the Japanese stealth fighter. And I think it is only a matter of time before someday a Japanese fighter will be shocking the world by transforming mid air into mechs, pull out a gun pod and start blasting every other fighter in the sky while performing physics-defying maneuvers.
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