Japan successfully tested its first stealth fighter X-2 jet

                On 22 April2016, Japan successfully tested the first stealth fighter jet. With this, the country joins a select group of world military powers wielding the radar-dodging technology. The domestically developed single-pilot prototype X-2 jet took off from Nagoya airport in central Japan on its maiden test flight. It safely landed at Gifu air base, north of Nagoya airport, after a 25- minute flight with no particular problems. Japan still has one of the world’s most advanced defence forces and the development of the stealth fighter comes as it faces new fighter comes as it faces new security challenges in the form of China’s expanding force posture. At present, only the USA, Russia and China have been internationally recognized as having successfully developed and flown manned stealth jets.