The F-22 Raptor The U.S. has refused to sell Japan its F-22, so the island nation is building its own stealth fighter jet. USAF Japan Announces Plans To Fly Its Own Domestically Developed Stealth Fighter In 2014 -- Popular Science
The stealth club just keeps on growing. China’s new mysterious jet prototype, thought to be a stealth fighter prototype to rival America’s F-22 Raptor, made its public debut just after the New Year in a series of “leaked” photos and video clips. Now, a Japanese senior military officer says Japan will test its own homegrown stealth fighter in just three years.
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My Comment: This is the Japanese way of telling us .... "screw you" .... we will do this ourselves.