Where Did China Get This F-22 Raptor?

popular mechanics ^ | Feb 17, 2016 | Kyle Mizokami

[sparklite2]

A sleepy airport in rural China is not where you'd expect to find America's latest and greatest fighter plane. And yet at some point in the last six weeks a F-22 Raptor--or full-sized copy of one--was sighted by commercial imaging satellites parked at Pucheng Neifu Airport in China.

[sparklite2]

[liberalh8ter]

It was probably a gift from Obama.

[JBW1949]

Obama’s gift on Chinese New Year...

[SkyDancer]

Plastic kit from Japan.

[Art in Idaho]

Sold by Hillary and hidden on her server?

[thinden]

I’d say part of bubba’s payback to john wong, johnnie chung & mochtar

[PIF]

Its China’s copy of the F22 - they’ve been working on it for a while - FR has carried numerous posts on it in the past.. How much tech they stole is unknown. But while the outside shape may look like the US bird, the engines are either going to be whatever the Russians sold them or some crappy Chinese engine. As to the plane’s stealth, that is unknown at this point.

[20yearsofinternet]

It’s cool, it’s Chinese. The batteries only last five minutes and the second time you try to use it, it doesn’t turn on anymore.

[goodnesswins]

DING...ding...ding....winnah.....B. Clinton

[elpadre]

Maybe Hilary gave away more than secrets??

[kaehurowing]

Plans downloaded from Hillary’s emails.

[Mastador1]

Obama’s gift on Chinese New Year...

Well it is the year of the monkey

[DoughtyOne]

Winna, winna, Clinton dinna...

[Red Badger]

Revell?..........

[DoughtyOne]

ACME

Beep beep...

[knarf]

Yep

And I'll bet it is an exchange that has been going on all these years ... even dubya probably knew about it

THIS is the danger and threat Donald Trump (ex)poses ...

( .... (ex)poses ... clever, yes ? )

[Red Badger]

As to the plane’s stealth, that is unknown at this point?

I can see it!.................

[Red Badger]

[PIF]

Yes but it really tiny so no worries ...

[Vic S]

Steve O’Bryan, one of Lockheed Martin’s top executives for the F-35 program, was seated across the table from the chief of China’s air force almost two years ago at the gala dinner held at the Royal International Air Tattoo. They chatted amiably during dinner, through an interpreter. Then Steve got up to give an award and was introduced as the head of Lockheed’s F-35 international business development. When he got back to his seat the interpreter had vanished and the air chief himself was sitting next to Steve. They chatted for a while. Then the air chief leaned over to Steve, smiling and said: “You know, Steve, I really love the F-35. I’d really love to have the F-35 in my air force.” Steve thought to himself: I’m the Lockheed business development guy, so I should ask him how many he wants! So he asked the air chief. “He kind of looks at me and says: ‘You know Steve, I need just one.”