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The Race for a Downed US F-35C Jet

The Race for a Downed US F-35C Jet
An F-35C, the U.S. Navy variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, conducts a test flight over the Chesapeake Bay on Feb. 11, 2011. Lockheed Martin/Getty Images
Antonio Graceffo
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An American military F-35C jet, which was full of classified equipment, recently crashed into the South China Sea. The U.S. Navy is racing to reach the wreckage before the Chinese get to it first, for fears of the technology being copied and reverse engineered.

Antonio Graceffo
Antonio Graceffo
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Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.
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