Question: Name the Japan’s first stealth fighter jet which was successfully tested on 22 April 2016?
(a) X-2
(b) P-2
(c) D-1
(d) F-3
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- On 22 April 2016 Japan became the fourth country to test-fly its own stealth jet.
- The domestically developed X-2 took off from Nagoya Airfield (Komaki Airport) in Aichi Prefecture at around 08:50 a.m. local time on 22 April 2016 (23:50 GMT on Thursday) and landed safely at Gifu Air Field in Gifu Prefecture at 09:13 a.m. (00:13 GMT).
- Japan is now the fourth nation, after the United States, Russia and China to test fly its own stealth jet.
- The X-2, developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and 200 other firms.
- It measures 14.2 metres (47 feet) long and 9.1 metres wide.
- It was built as a successor to F-2 fighter jets developed jointly with the United States.
- Japan began the project in 2009 and has reportedly spent about 39.4 billion yen ($332 million) to develop the aircraft.
Reference:
http://www.mod.go.jp/e/pressconf/2016/04/160422.html
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/22/national/japan-becomes-fourth-nation-test-fly-homegrown-stealth-jet/#.VyIBwlZ97IW
http://sputniknews.com/military/20160422/1038420111/japan-tests-fifthgen-jet.html
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/japan-succeeds-in-test-flight-of-first-stealth-fighter-jet-1398267