Japan has dispatched its most advanced ocean research vessel to join the search for its missing F35 stealth fighter as it scrambles to recover the ultra-sensitive technology before Russia or China get there first.
Financial Times: Japan scrambles to recover F35 fighter jet before Russia or China
In this 24 February, 2004, file photo, a F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet sits at the Asian Aerospace 2004 show in Singapore. Britain is locked in a dogfight with the US over the Pentagon's next-generation Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), with the French aircraft maker Dassault reportedly throwing a new twist into the tussle. Dassault has denied reports that Britain, angry at US budget cuts and reluctance to share technology secrets, might be preparing to pull out of the project and buy instead into its Rafale fighter. The US Congress has held several hearings on the JSF in recent weeks after the Pentagon, in a little-noticed budget change, cut funding for the project by notably excluding the F136 engine being made partly by Britain's Rolls-Royce.
