U.S. downplays Chinese fighter stealth mode

Published in The Wall Street Journal photo shows what the model said the Chinese stealth fighter - 20 h in high-speed taxi tests show. The images also appeared in many domains.

Publication of the images comes days before Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: The reason the trip to Beijing.

Vice-Adm. David Dorsett, Director of Naval Intelligence, and the answer to the question of whether China will be able to board the plane to the region, it will last for years.

He told reporters that the photos released Dorset has many unanswered questions. Not guarantee them access to their health.

"As for the theft of photographs, the International Olympic Committee (initial operational capabilities) on the stealth aircraft, it is still not clear to me when it comes to action, "he said.

"Development and integration of stealth capabilities with the form, then the time going struggle to gain, "he said.