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China claims they’re able to track America’s F-22 Raptor on radar: Could it be true?

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth W. Norman

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According to reports on Chinese state-owned media, a group of intercept fighters were scrambled from China’s East China Sea fleet to patrol a portion of China’s Air Defense Identification Zone that was apparently the site of unidentified aircraft reported by radar on February 10.

Other fighters were equipped with missiles while China’s carrier-based helicopter brigade were also dispatched to patrol the area. This large-scale response to unidentified aircraft popping up on Chinese radar scopes wasn’t the result of concerns about flying saucers, however. According to Chinese media, they were tracking America’s own combat operational UFO: the F-22 Raptor.

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  • Alex Hollings

    Honestly, if I could sum up my professional aspirations, they'd be to be a guy you can count on not to blow smoke in my articles. Those sorts of pieces are tough to find on the internet nowadays. Thanks brother, that means a lot.

  • Alex Hollings

    You nailed it. 'Stealth' is about a lot more than just radar returns - it's an approach to both technology and methodology.

  • Robert "Scotty" Campbell

    And why shouldn't they! They did an amazing job of stealing my bio-data from my Top Secret Clearance at the Office of Personnel Management.

  • Andy T

    Let me know when one gets shot down. The conspiracy theory is that a couple JDams went through the Chinese embassy Belgrade windows and turned a city block to dust by accident in May 1999. Probably had nothing to do with a F-117 that got shot down in March because a smart human with low tech ancient Russian gear was able to find a heat signature to track in that design that was unaccounted for in designing for modern EW and not all parts of the aircraft were found on the ground

  • George E. Hand IV

    I totally dig that you don't blow smoke in your articles like... well, like the chinee. I mean the news isn't great but it's reality, and now I understand so much better why it is how it is. Thanks Alex! geo sends