Alert 5

Taiwan’s defense minister Kao Hua-Chu told legislators that the indigenous Sky Bow III surface-to-air missile system can shoot down China’s J-20 fighter when coupled with an advanced radar system.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said the U.S. Defense Department is reserving judgment on the capabilities of the J-20.
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China’s Global Times newspaper, mouthpiece for the Chinese government, has rejected claims that its new J-20 stealth fighter was build using technology gleamed from a downed U.S. F-117.
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Balkan military officials and other experts have told The Associated Press that China’s new stealth fighter might have copied some of its technology from the F-117.
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U.S. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon told reporters that China obtained its stealth fighter technology from Russia.
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British Secretary for Defense Liam Fox said the U.K. needs F-35 to counter China’s J-20 stealth fighter.
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Four writers over at Aviation Week penned this article on ways the United States can counter China’s J-20 stealth fighter.

Over at Wired, David Axe argued that F-15C/Es equipped with AESA radars will be able to defeat the J-20 by teaming up with the F-22.
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Reuters reports that a Pentagon official said China’s President Hu Jintao was not aware that the J-20 had made its first flight when asked during a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.