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Japan's X-2 stealth fighter jet takes to the skies

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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Japan's 
first stealth fighter jet has successfully taken to the skies as the 
country joins a select group of world military powers wielding the 
radar-dodging technology. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 X-2 jet took off from Nagoya airport in central Japan on its maiden 
test flight as dozens of aviation enthusiasts watching the event erupted
 in applause as it lifted off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 single-pilot prototype safely landed at Gifu air base, north of Nagoya 
airport, after a 25-minute flight with 'no particular problems,' said an
 official at the defence ministry's acquisition agency. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The X-2, 
developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and 200 other firms, measures 
14.2 metres (47 feet) long and 9.1 metres wide and was built as a 
successor to F-2 fighter jets developed jointly with the United States.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Its
 delivery to the defence ministry is expected as early as next month and
 the acquisition agency 'will continue analysing data and check its 
stealth technology capability,' the agency official told AFP.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Japan began the project in 2009 and has reportedly spent about 39.4 billion yen ($332 million) to develop the aircraft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 
experimental X-2 is expected to make its maiden test flight in February,
 and boasts radar-resistance features, including a canopy with special 
stealth-enhancing coating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Defense
 officials said the aircraft is designed to test the stealth technology 
that would possibly be combined with the next-generation fighter jet, 
replacing the fleet of F-2 fighters as early as 2028.</span></div>
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The experimental X-2 is expected to make 
its maiden test flight in February and has radar-resistance features, 
including a canopy with special stealth-enhancing coating, and 
mobility. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It
 comes as Japan  tries to catch up on the technology and enhance its 
reconnaissance and intelligence capabilities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It
 would become the fourth nation to test fly its own stealth jet, a move 
that could further antagonize neighboring Asian countries who have 
opposed Prime Minister Shinzo Abes bid to strengthen the role of its 
armed forces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Russia
 flew its first stealth fighter in 2010 and China followed a year later,
 though each country’s programs have experienced delays and other 
setbacks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The U.S. has flown stealth aircraft since the 1980s. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 
red-and-white aircraft, with a 14-meter (45-foot) -long fuselage and 
9-meter (30-foot) -long wingspan, sat inside a hanger at the Nagoya 
Airport in central Japan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Led by 
Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, the stealth plane comes with radar-resistance
 features, including a canopy with special stealth-enhancing coating, 
and mobility.</span></div>
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<i>dailymail.co.uk. </i>The red-and-white aircraft, with a 
14-meter (45-foot) -long fuselage and 9-meter (30-foot) -long wingspan, 
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 
X-2—previously known as ATD-X, for Advanced Technology Demonstrator 
X—was manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the the Japan Air 
Self-Defense Force. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I
 cannot go into details, but we recognize it is technologically at a 
very high level,' said Takahiro Yoshida, an official in charge of the 
project at the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency of the 
Defense Ministry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 40 billion yen ($340 million) project began in 2009.</span></div>
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