Japan's lobbying to buy Lockheed Martin F-22s surely continues. But the country that assembled the F-2 fighter and designed the 787's advanced wing may want to build its own stealth fighter, the Shinshin ATD-X. This video posted on YouTube last week does a good job of introducing the Shinshin's design concept. (I'll excuse the Japanese reporter for relying on my competition for reference.)
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on November 10, 2009 9:39 PM | Reply
The paddle thrust vectoring resembles the X-31 system.
on November 11, 2009 5:44 PM | Reply
That video was posted a long time ago in 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRPlnT-PD0A&feature=related
However it is one of the very little information that is on the web