China’s New Stealth Fighter May Use Technology From Downed U.S. Plane
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter that could pose a significant threat to American air superiority — and some of its technology, it turns out, may well have come from the U.S. itself.
Balkan military officials and other experts have told The Associated Press that in all probability the Chinese gleaned some of their technological know-how from an American F-117 Nighthawk that was shot down over Serbia in 1999.
Nighthawks were the world’s first stealth fighters, planes that were very hard for radar to detect. But on March 27, 1999, during NATO’s aerial bombing of Serbia in the Kosovo war, a Serbian anti-aircraft missile shot one of the Nighthawks down. The pilot ejected and was rescued.
It was the first time one of the much-touted “invisible” fighters had ever been hit. The Pentagon believed a combination of clever tactics and sheer luck had allowed a Soviet-built SA-3 missile to bring down the jet.
The wreckage was strewn over a wide area of flat farmlands, and civilians collected the parts — some the size of small cars — as souvenirs.
“At the time, our intelligence reports told of Chinese agents crisscrossing the region where the F-117 disintegrated, buying up parts of the plane from local farmers,” says Adm. Davor Domazet-Loso, Croatia’s military chief of staff during the Kosovo war.
“We believe the Chinese used those materials to gain an insight into secret stealth technologies … and to reverse-engineer them,” Domazet-Loso said in a telephone interview.
A senior Serbian military official confirmed that pieces of the wreckage were removed by souvenir collectors, and that some ended up “in the hands of foreign military attaches.”
Efforts to get comment from China’s defense ministry and the Pentagon were unsuccessful.
China’s multi-role stealth fighter — known as the Chengdu J-20 — made its inaugural flight Jan. 11, revealing dramatic progress in the country’s efforts to develop cutting-edge military technologies.
Although the twin-engine J-20 is at least eight or nine years from entering air force inventory, it could become a rival to America’s top-of-the-line F-22 Raptor, the successor to the Nighthawk and the only stealth fighter currently in service.
China rolled out the J-20 just days before a visit to Beijing by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, leading some analysts to speculate that the timing was intended to demonstrate the growing might of China’s armed forces.
Despite Chinese President Hu Jintao’s high-profile visit to the United States this week, many in Washington see China as an economic threat to the U.S. and worry as well about Beijing’s military might.
Parts of the downed F-117 wreckage — such as the left wing with US Air Force insignia, the cockpit canopy, ejection seat, pilot’s helmet and radio — are exhibited at Belgrade’s aviation museum.
“I don’t know what happened to the rest of the plane,” said Zoran Milicevic, deputy director of the museum. “A lot of delegations visited us in the past, including the Chinese, Russians and Americans … but no one showed any interest in taking any part of the jet.”
Zoran Kusovac, a Rome-based military consultant, said the regime of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic routinely shared captured Western equipment with its Chinese and Russian allies.
“The destroyed F-117 topped that wish-list for both the Russians and Chinese,” Milicevic said.
Russia’s Sukhoi T-50 prototype stealth fighter made its maiden flight last year and is due to enter service in about four years. It is likely that the Russians also gleaned knowledge of stealth technology from the downed Nighthawk.
The F-117, developed in great secrecy in the 1970s, began service in 1983.
While not completely invisible to radar, its shape and radar-absorbent coating made detection extremely difficult. The radar cross-section was further reduced because the wings’ leading and trailing edges were composed of nonmetallic honeycomb structures that do not reflect radar rays.
Kusovac said insight into this critical technology, and particularly the plane’s secret radiation-absorbent exterior coating, would have significantly enhanced China’s stealth know-how.
Alexander Huang of Taipei’s Tamkang University said the J-20 represented a major step forward for China. He described Domazet-Loso’s claim as “a logical assessment.”
“There is no other stronger source for the origin of the J-20′s stealthy technology,” said Huang, an expert on China’s air force. “The argument the Croatian chief-of-staff makes is legitimate and cannot be ruled out.”
The Chinese are well-known perpetrators of industrial espionage in Western Europe and the United States, where the administration has also been increasingly aggressive in prosecuting cases of Chinese espionage.
Western diplomats have said China maintained an intelligence post in its Belgrade embassy during the Kosovo war. The building was mistakenly struck by U.S. bombers that May, killing three people inside.
“What that means is that the Serbs and Chinese would have been sharing their intelligence,” said Alexander Neill, head of the Asia security program at the Royal United Services Institute, a defense think tank in London. “It’s very likely that they shared the technology they recovered from the F-117, and it’s very plausible that elements of the F-117 got to China.”
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Stojanovic reported from Belgrade. Associated Press reporters Snjezana Vukic in Zagreb, and Peter Enav in Taipei contributed to this report.
(This version CORRECTS name of plane in 12th paragraph.)
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SafeguardOurLiberty
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:15amAnother cover up. Clinton sold our secrets to China, we all know that. It is only a matter of time before we are over taken by China. Unless we get out of debt we are doomed. China owns our debt and soon will own our banks, coporations, wall street and so on. Yes, we have the best military in the world—–now, but unless we start revising our military and making new weapons we are in trouble. China’s army is over 300 million and growing. As China gets richer from our stupidity, they will have the money to make a military that is equal or above ours. They have pretty intelligent people in China. Their education sysytem is top notch. Our education system is controlled by unions and it sucks big time. Our students can’t even compete with the Chinese. We have to get this country back to where it was when we were actually a super power or we lose.
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:36pmThere is nothing good about the Chinese education system, if that was true why are they sending hundreds of thousands a year to US colleges and more every year, the only reason why they can’t send more is our visa policies. Name one innovation or name brand coming out of China? Nothing. The Chinese are nothing more than glorified test takers who spend sun up to sun down 7 days a week memorizing books so they can answer questions on a test. They have no creative skills to innovate, this is why they must rely upon stealing and copying from Western countries. The only reason our country is where it is today is because we have grown lazy as a people and allow traitors to be elected and drive our country into the ground with Progressive policies!
Report Post »RN MOM
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 2:13pmKickillegalsout- I agree wholeheartedly. I have 3 kids in school and I can’t tell you what a huge fight it is to keep these kids out of the system we have created in our foolish attempt to imitate China/Asia. The kids we graduate from school are glorified test takers and imagination is beaten down or drugged down so that we can robotize our kids. Colleges accept kids who are not capable of critical analysis or creative problem solving. It is so sad. See this movie: “the race to nowhere.” I did, it was very eye opening.
Report Post »Neil Mariner
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:10amThat late great fanominal CLINTON gave untold amount of top secret info to the Chicoms. They said the info didn’t matter becouse it was obsulete. Then again, the Chicoms can make anything out of (soda) pop cans.
Report Post »Spawnomite
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:18amI do believe the info Clinton gave them was obsolete. No doubt America has some really cool (in the words of Commrade Obama) “stuff.”
Report Post »However, it DOES MATTER.
Clinton had much to gain personally from that.
CaptBeach
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:01amWhile the Chinese may have gleaned information and reverse engineered technology from the 90′s F117 crash there is NO MISTAKING that their new fighter is the SPITTING IMAGE of the F22 RAPTOR…its time we recognized who the enemy is…foreign and domestic…
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:44pmNo – not even close – those engines to not have thrust vector control capabilities, nor are those engines super cruise capable – as somebody on the thread stated earlier, they have 3rd and 4th generation equipment in theirs, we’re producing 5th…… and beyond
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:58amThey might also be using technology that B.J.Clinton gave them during his “leveling of the playing field” administration.
Daddy Bush gave China “most favored nation” trading status. Then B.J.Clinton gave them technology that was illegal (at the time) to give them. Baby Bush promoted expanded trade with china. And now we are beginning to see the consequences of being foolish with regard to having such restrictions.
I believe that B.J.Clinton was trying to appease china after bombing their embassy in Kosavo during the war that he started in Serbia.
Daddy Bush was the UN ambassador to china at one time and likely had some favors being called in.
Baby Bush was just that, an immature in foreign diplomacy.
Obama is the worst of all. He is totally ignorant of foreign diplomacy, he doesn’t even understand domestic diplomacy. He is hell bent on ‘gifting’ what ever we have that china wants to them as long as it ‘puts America’ in it’s place (subservient) and redistributes the wealth of our innovation and productivity to them.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 12:00pmMany good points and well stated!
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:49amIsn’t it wonderful how our “friends” and former allies the russians and the chinese have treated us and threatened us since pulling their collective asses out of the fire during WWII. And the ones we kicked the crap out of are now pretty good friends. Think about why this is. Might it be that they have been on the receiving end of our wrath and furry and the first two haven’t? Keep building your “out dated” aircraft and arming yourselves with yesterdays technology. That is of coarse unless O-Blome decides to “GLOBALIZE” the military too.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:46amI say sic the “DONALD” on them ASAP! HAHA Give him a cape and send him on his mission to destroy unfair trade and the pirating of our technology! Up, up and away! We WILL TRUMP you! :)
Report Post »troyvar
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 6:22pmHe’s the ONE guy that I believe would do it.
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:02pmI don’t trust Trump any further than I can throw him – he is financially supporting Rham Emanuel for Chicago mayor which just supports my suspicions about Trump.
Report Post »Evileye
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:44amWhen Gates went to China they showed us there military might with a New jet.
Report Post »When there glorious leader visited Washington DC,we should have had a fly over
In V formation ,10 f-22 followed by 20 f-117 night hawk ,three B-2 spirit bombers.
Down pennsylvania avenue half o dozen M-1 Abrams tanks
A few mobile surface to air missle and One thousand Army,marine,navy And air force special forces.
This is the kind of things Dictator understand.
Not dropping your pants and bending over.
EqualJustice
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:42amThey STEAL everything else. Why not?
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:33amThe Chinese jet may well be stealthy, but its technology is thirty years old–assuming they copied that downed Nighthawk. We’re on our 5th generation of aircraft, while the rest of the world is still deploying 4th gen. New stuff is conceived if not already on the drawing board. I also wouldn’t be surprised that, when we made the F-117 operational, we also developed detection systems to beat it.
In addition to hardware, we lead in tactics and deployment of forces to counter potential threats. Occasionally we get surprised, but we tend to readily adapt. The mix has been general policy since the 1920s, because of losses during WWI. Americans were so horrified that the military decided to change from a massive force using classical tactics to an increase in lethality of weapons systems and rapid counters to what an enemy has. And to strike hard and fast, to inflict massive losses on an enemy while saving our own troops. The Highway of Death during the Gulf War is a case in point.
What we need to really overcome, more than anything else, is the notion among many in our own government that‘s it’s ‘bad’ or ‘unfair’ the US is the world’s only superpower. It seems more likely to me that defeat in war will be more a result of politics than military inferiority (a la Vietnam).
Report Post »RoguePatriot
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:27amThey caught up with us my behind. Right now we have technology that is leaving them in the dust military wise.The info they got was from a plane in 1999. Do you know how far we have come since 1999. I mean it looks like our F-22 Raptor which we have had a while. Plus didn’t the government stop the F-22 production?
Report Post »martnee777
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:24amNow GE will be handing over our naval nuclear power plant technology to the Chinese, in exchange for lucrative contracts, which some of the money can be funneled to the billion dollar Obama reelection campaign. They are so arrogant and believe themselves so superior to the “cattle” that they barely bother to hide their intentions anymore. If America is allowed to fall a global communist government will rise and you can expect atrocities, on a scale, unlike anything mankind has ever known. When the “herd” starts to consume resources that the “rancher” wants for themselves, it’s time to thin the “herd”
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:24amThe Chinese have always been after our technology. They would rather steal ours than design their own.
Report Post »eflow504
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:24amthey didn’t get our technology from a downed plane they got it from bill clinton
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:44amExactly!
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:23amSome of the technology on the new Chinese jet was taken from the F-117, the rest was obviously stolen over the last 15 or so years in order to built the “Raptor Chow-Mein”, just like the Russians got the plans for our B-1 bomber and recreated it as the Tu-160 “BlackJack”, the Antonov copy of the C-5 Galaxy, and of course their almost exact copy of the Space Shuttle, the “Buran” which was never man-rated. Communism is much better at stealing the original ideas of the United States whenever possible.
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:23amwhen are we going to stop Chinese stop stealing all of our ideas from this plane to the movies,cell phones, laptops etc.etc.etc. and we keep on letting them put it to us
Report Post »psst
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:12amUm! I don’t think they steal the technologies.
Report Post »They buy them.
Just “axe” bilLIE &hilLIE how much loot were in those brown bags delivered to the WH by Johnnie Chung and Charlie Trie.
Now some of the secrets were stolen. But not by the Chunee government.many were stolen by the American scientist who just happened to be of Chinee ancestry and worked at Los Alamos. His allegiances were to his ancestral homeland. When the sheet hit the fan. it was all covered up.because it would show out counter-espionage agencies are not all that bright.
Um, there were also a Cuban American female scientist who worked there. She passed massive intelligence to Unca Fidel who passed it unto the RussKoms and Chicoms for sure.
BTW the ChiC0ms will soon be drilling for evil oil midway in the Florida Strait in deep waters.Fidel sold them leases.
Those Floridians who have fought drillings off their coasts will now feel really comfortable that‘s it’s gonna be the Chinee drilling 30+ mi. off their coasts instead of Americans.
Silat
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:04amI work with the Chinese. Not to worry….it is all show and no go. All of the smart Chinese leave!
Report Post »The Chinese State can’t design anything, they steal it! In the US, the private sector creates everything worth a dime. Capitalism, if not ruined by the left, will always have the US ahead of everyone else. Look at Israel. It is a small nation amongst large Arab states. Israel uses private industry to drive it military technologies.
gzs3grls
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:00amThis is strange considering that Bill Clinton was in office, (The Original Manchurian Candidate), and was GIVING, anything and everything to the Chinese, including our Nuclear secrets at Alamagordo, remember the “Chinese Spy” that was discovered and the State Dept. opted out of serious prosecution, not to mention the little restaurant owner from Little Rock who gave the Clintons hundreds of thousands, but his little business didn’t even net 100k in profits for the previous year, the news media were silent on this as well, then move to southern Utah, the coal and land grab that took place by the Dept of the Interior and BLM to prevent the use of this oil rich coal and increase of jobs for the country, so we would not encroach on Chinese coal production, then let’s move to the Left Coast, we have the Naval Ship Yard at Long Beach that was GIVEN to the Chinese to promote the flood of cheap Chinese crap into our country, causing even more manufacturing jobs to be lost, and who knows what else is brought into our country inside of those containers. We have been sold out by EVERY PRESIDENT since Ronald Reagan, and a scant few prior to RR. We are headed to serfdom and a feudal society, and the majority of the friggin’ country does not even know it!
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:00amLets see 1999, Bill Clinton’s watch. Need I say more
Report Post »Mister_Bill
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:56amPresident Obama made a big point of complaining about pirated software during the Chinese President’s visit. I did not hear anything from the administration about the stealing of American military secrets. “At one point during Khrushchev’s visit, the Soviet Premier boasted to the Agriculture Secretary that Benson’s own grandchildren would live under Communism. Benson replied tartly that he expected to do all in his power to assure that Khrushchev’s and all other grandchildren would live under freedom. The Communist leader then responded in essence, according to Benson’s personal account: “You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept communism outright, but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you’ll finally wake up and find you already have communism.” (Soviet Premier of Russia Nikita Khrushchev, 1959). Those who will not learn from History are destined to repeat it. It is time for all good American’s to vote for Politicians that will vote for the United States and not for “Social Justice”.
Report Post »heyjim55
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 2:49pmThose are good points I would add that although I can’t remember which Russian leader said it the saying goes the Capitalists will sell us the rope to hang them with. They were right it’s just that we decided to sell it to another Communist country China. We all are not happy about what we are seeing but unfortunately it may already be to late to over come China economically. That boat has already sailed and now we face a delicate dance with the Chinese , to co exist with them without getting into a military situation. Unlike the Soviet Union which was a economic kludge we always had them beat economically and as it turned out Russia did not have as much military hardware is previously thought they relied on inflatable decoys which gave the appearance of extremely large military foot print. China has us beat economically they own us, they have the largest military in the world and they are not inflatable and they are really just getting started with a blue water navy. The US corporations coupled with treasonous politicians are now to greedy to be of any help to the country. Not many people have herd this but recently bank accounts seized from the Vatican bank revealed large slush funds accounts belonging to Obama his family all the Clintons, Bushes, Chief Justice of the Supreme court and most of the Congress and the Senate. Hiding money in foreign bank suggests they are expecting something bad to happen and will use that money to leave the country or survive a event while the rest of us whither .
Report Post »noline
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:53amGod help us if they stop needing to steal our tech.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:52amYep, combine this the Clinton era W88 nuke info thefts, the Loral technology transfer that got Clinton $600,000 and the mysterious Chinese launch crash of our spy satellite and we just maybe have something to worry about. Carter, Clinton, Obama…we are so safe when Democrats are in charge.
Report Post »Harvey
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:48amYou are absolutely right,but the Republicans under both Bushes did just as much economic damage with N.A.F.T.A.as the Carters,Clintons and Obama have done defense wise.I have got to the point where i dont believe any of them.All they do is try to blow smoke up your our backsides till we shut up.
Report Post »Every one of these Presidents have done more damage to this Great Nation by not secureing our borders than any other way except defense.If its ever stoped its up to the taxpayers to stop it because the politicans are not going to.They are dead set on createing the North American Union and have already spent billions of dollars to make that happen.That is why none of them enforces our immigration laws, and because of their refusal to enforce those laws every one of them is guilty of treason and should be prosecuted.
BallisticBob
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:49am“revealing dramatic progress in the country’s efforts to develop cutting-edge military technologies”
Just because it looks like an F-22 on ‘roids doesn’t mean jack.
Report Post »LibertarianRight
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:32amThe fact that it is bigger does mean something – it means it will be far less effective. Plus, it has technology that is 20 years out of date as its basis. The F-22 will smoke this thing, just as it has anything else.
Report Post »TurnRight
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 12:16pmDidn’t the Obama admin cancel production of the F-22?
Report Post »Our Government can be bought.
geminisailor
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:15pm“MADE IN CHINA”. That inspires a lot of confidence.
Report Post »Margaret Thatcher
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:44amNo need to scrounge through rubble. Just get the info from the Clinton$.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:00amThe Clintons and their shills have been selling this country out all their sorry lives…….
Report Post »jttri
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:41ammeanwhile our genius in the WH is selling to our enemies more of our technology.
Report Post »DUMBASPELOSI
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:01pmChina is has not been, is not now and will not be in the future a friend of the USA.
Report Post »If you operate on that premise – Nixon, Obama and Clinton are idiots.
rwsasinger
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 3:04pmJust ask any liberal or progressive…“communism is dead and not a threat”. Soon China won’t need spy planes to infiltrate our security firewalls and secret hardware…with all the money we owe them, they might own the security codes and blueprints as we speak.
Watch for the devaluation of the U.S. dollar and our currency losing its status as the world’s currency…just one part of the puzzle as our country loses its status as the world’s dominant power…sadly, if we don’t change direction, its coming.
Report Post »Damocracy
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:33amThe Chinese have been stealing our secrets,for years,,its ok,,we can still stay a step or two ahead of them,,as long as we quit bowing to them,,,,right Obama?
Report Post »Snowleopard-the artist {cat folk artist}
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:01amThe old game of spy and counter spy; we build something and others steal it, they build something and we try to steal it in turn. So I am not suprised by this one bit, they know how the game is played and are as serious about it as the Russians are still to this day.
The post for NOLINE is dead on target too – God help us indeed the day they no longer need to steal our technology, for then we will have truly lost.
Report Post »lketchum
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:03amThey didn’t need to steal all of them – former President Bill Clinton either sold or simply gave them to them. In addition to aviation technology, the Clinton administration sold them submarine propeller technology, nuclear technology, untold mountains of aerospace technology and to top it off, opened a guest technical student program that gave them nearly unrestricted access to research facilities that they raided for even more sensitive technologies – all in the name of global peace.
Clinton never realized that the real “peace dividend” coming out of the west’s victory over Communism at the end of the Cold War, was preace itself. In my view, Clinton did more to damage the United States and the west than any Communist regime ever could have dreamed to. I believe he set the stage for as rapid a fall of the west as possible – all by design.
Report Post »geminisailor
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:12amAt the rate technology changes, these planes will be obsolete and something newer and better will replace them. They can steal and replicate everything very well, but they aren’t on the cutting edge of invention at all.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:30amI agree that the manned F-22 look-alike is not a huge deal.. the metallurgy and finesse in construction is key and UAVs and communication are the future anyway. However, they have purchased or stolen a ton of critical technology over the past 15 years and that, combined with the facts that the west has to hand over manufacturing technology in order to get access to their cheap, huge workforce and that they are graduating over 500,000 engineers each year paints a crystal clear picture for the future. .Oh, and the fact that they have all the money in the world helps, too.
Report Post »grover75
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:30amdoes any think that embassy was mistakenly bombed. I don’t think so. I sure we knew what they were doing there and we went after them to say don’t take are jet.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:31amlketchum
Report Post »Was going to bring up the same thing, when Slick Willie sold the Chicoms “Video Game” components in the 90′s. What a guy.
TXPilot
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:02amWell, the Chinese have stolen pretty much everything of value from us. They have our stealth technology, computers and pretty much everything they want. Soon, they will only have to steal our secrets about American Idol and Chinese buffet items and they will have absolutely everything.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:22amYou mean Ron Brown hadn’t gotten around to that yet?
After Clinton sold the guidance systems, what’s a little stealth?
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:26amSay, I wonder if the Chengdu J-20 has GE engines?
Report Post »docvet
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 12:57pmNo great supprise. The U.S. did the same thing with the Russian MIG during Korea to see what we were up against and why it was initally so effective against our fighters. After that, it wasn’t so effective due to our new fighters and revised tactics. The only way to avoid such stealing of technology is to watch for traitors and spies, secure our computers and don’t get shot down/lose weapons. And even that probably won’t be effective since we put all the information on the internet and on the Discovery channel.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:01pmYea! This and spys from within our own defense projects helped too!
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:14pmWow! Thank you Sue Dohnim. The videos that you linked rocked me back on my heels. Hopefully the moderator will forward them to Glenn Beck. I, myself, am going to forward that link to everybody I know regardless of their political persuasion.
To any Blazer who did not follow those links, I strongly recommend that you scroll back up the page and do so now. If you are short of time, bookmark and view later.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:14pmSmoking hole in the ground, soldiers picking up pieces, strange materials, reverse engineering in the works.
Report Post »I thought for a minute it was a picture of Roswell, NM.
101
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:15pm@Secret Squirrel
“Say, I wonder if the Chengdu J-20 has GE engines?” Nice one. lol
Report Post »Clive
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:20pmbig deal. didn’t we launch the stealth bombers and stealth fighters, like 25 years ago?
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:47pmThe Chinese are raping us for our technology and knowledge and our government does nothing about it! They continue to allow the massive espionage campaigns in our colleges, corporations, military contractors, military, and government by the Chinese! Furthermore we continue to allow them to mass migrate to this country many of whom have no loyalty to our country and come to bleed America dry. We also are now allowing record numbers of Foreign Chinese students to our schools with a 30% increase year on year! Even our own students are starting to get displaced and getting turned away in favor of foreign nationals!
Illegals, Anchor Babies, Mass Foreign Migration, Amnesties, Asylums, Green card lotteries, No Visa enforcement, Marriage fraud
Report Post »This is an outrage! The Foreign invasion of America needs to end NOW!
Sevens
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 2:04pmThis is a lie … to cover up the fact that TRAITOR President Bill Clinton sold China plans for this plane and many other things for damn Election Campaign Funds!!! You are hearin excuses so that Clinton wont be in trouble.. If you believe this story in whole and the suggestion that China got its info from a down air plane.. your just not with it… What is Barrack selling behind closed doors right now to China?!!!!!!!!! People things are not as they appear to be.. we the people are being mocked by some within our govt and without who have hijacked it for he bankers of the world… WAKE UP before its too late. We are being subverted from within.. by mainly by those claiming to be Democrats but are really socialists or communists.. all the same stripe.. Lets not forget some progressive republicans are included in this too!!! John McCain, Chuck Hagel.. and more..
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 3:15pmFrom the article:
“Although the twin-engine J-20 is at least eight or nine years from entering air force inventory, it could become a rival to America’s top-of-the-line F-22 Raptor, the successor to the Nighthawk and the only stealth fighter currently in service.”
The F-22 Raptor project was terminated by Barry. So, in short order we will no longer be assured of air superiority in future conflicts.
What a brilliant military strategic & tactical genius Barry is.
May God have mercy on the USA.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 3:35pmNot at all surprised. Before it was the Japanese and now the Chinese are taking over the would with our technology. Clinton just gave them sensitive technology. We must fight back and buy American, if possible. Stop supporting China, Buy American !
Report Post »snidley-whiplash
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 4:54pmWhat do you mean steal……………………..just ask the traitor Berry. When he bows watch the other hand.
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 5:07pmIBM sold the Chinese a complete division of computer technology and we are surprised that they now have technology that rivals the developed world? After that sale they now have the ability to shoot down satellites from ground stations they are now working on landing a man on the moon for their military ambitions to tell the world that they will build an unmanned base for a nuke launch center, what is the highest point of trajectory the moon and depending on the speed they could have something more up their sleeves for doing the moon shot.
Report Post »click 4-hotel-rooms
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 5:48pmThe Chicoms are masters of replicating. We invent it and build it, they copy it and often improve it.
Report Post »Quad-rip-legic
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 6:18pmI don‘t think it’s as much about stealing as it is the way the Clinton administration shared with the Chinese. If I’m not mistaken, the wreckage should have been recovered or destroyed by any and all means possible. The Clinton’s have always been extremely friendly with the Chinese.
Report Post »happyboy
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:09pmWHO THINKS THE CHINESE WILL LEND US MONEY TO REBUILD THE MILITARY OBAMA HAS SHUT DOWNED AND DESTROYED.
The Chinese will not lend us money to re-build our military. Blood Libeler Democrat Judges would never allow the US to steal Chinese or Russian secrets.
I hope this is not considered un-Civil.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:44pmChina Doesn’t Have to Sift Threw the Wreckage or Steal from Us!
Beware the Government/Media/Corporate Complex!
Up until now we have seen a too-cozy relationship between the Democrats and the Media…but little did we realize that it would reach the crescendo we are now seeing! That is China/Obama/GE/NBC/Comcast/Jeff Immelt! It is only going to get worse with Immelt in the government…AND…are you aware that he will be allowed to continue on as the CEO of GE at the same time that he will be in such a position of power with Obama? Can you say “conflict of interest”? Where is the government oversight on this? Shouldn’t someone call for a Congressional Investigation? Amazing…Wake Up America!
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:44amStealing? Hell, didn’t Clinton hand over some top-secret military crap to the Chinese?
Report Post »watt2112
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 1:10amlooks like an F-22 wander if it has vector trusting btw obama canceled the F-22 programe………..can supply references by request
Report Post »*************************
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 2:41amDon’t believe a word of it! Just look at their fighter. It’s got TOP GUN written all over it! (And now you know WHY those commies pirate our DVDs.)
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My Sacred Honor
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 3:33amAHEM. does anyone remember AEGIS technology? Our Naval Destroyer anti-missile technology stolen from us by the Chinese in around, 1999? Under Clinton’s watch? Anyone?
Report Post »jblaze
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:08amAmerica Wake UP! Read this article to get the full picture of what the White House is doing.
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G.W. Dobbs
Posted on January 24, 2011 at 6:28pmWhat is wrong wsith Obama? He calls the President of China, “Your Excellency”, a term reserved for Royalty. Obama will be regarded as the “Biggest Ass-Kissing President” in our History. He
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