Mitsubishi X-2 - A Short History of the Japanese stealth fighter prototype
Channel: A Short History
Date: 2021-03-25

The Mitsubishi X-2, formerly the ATD-X  is a Japanese experimental aircraft and stealth fighter prototype. It was developed to test stealth fighter concepts for a possible Japanese fifth-generation jet fighter.

SOURCE:
Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_X-2_Shinshin, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) - the text has been modified and shortened

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"F-22 Raptor Elephant Walk And Takeoff , Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson 2019" by Military Weapons, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jht1WAe13lk, License CC-BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)
"航空機 (P-1、US-2、C-2、X-2).webm" by 防衛装備庁, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%BA%E6%A9%9F_(P-1%E3%80%81US-2%E3%80%81C-2%E3%80%81X-2).webm, License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)
"ATD-X model 2.jpg" by Hunini, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ATD-X_model_2.JPG, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
"D-X スケールモデル.JPG" by Hunini, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ATD-X_%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB.JPG, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
"Mitsubishi Advanced Technological Demonstrator X-2 front view at JASDF Gifu Air Base November 10, 2019.jpg" by Hunini, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mitsubishi_Advanced_Technological_Demonstrator_X-2_front_view_at_JASDF_Gifu_Air_Base_November_10,_2019.jpg, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
"Mitsubishi Advanced Technological Demonstrator X-2 right front view at JASDF Gifu Air Base November 10, 2019 05.jpg" by Hunini, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mitsubishi_Advanced_Technological_Demonstrator_X-2_right_front_view_at_JASDF_Gifu_Air_Base_November_10,_2019_05.jpg, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
"Japan's next-generation fighter aircraft concept.jpg" by 防衛省, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japan%27s_next-generation_fighter_aircraft_concept.jpg, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)

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