November 29, 2018
Meet Japan's Very Own Stealth Fighter
But will it ever take to the sky?
by Sebastien Roblin
The possibility of a truly domestic Mitsubishi F-3 stealth fighter based on the Shinshin may remain as a backup option. Tokyo would certainly prefer to have domestic manufacturing and ownership of stealth technology. Despite the serious efforts invested in the X-2 demonstrator, the JASDF has currently concluded that it can obtain the fifth-generation stealth fighters it desires more reliably, cost-efficiently and quickly by finding an overseas partner.
On April 22, 2016 a sleek white jet with red and blue details taxied down the runway of Nagoya airport in Japan and took off. Japan had just become the fourth nation to develop its own stealth jet, the Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/meet-japans-very-own-stealth-fighter-37572
