For decades, American stealth technology ruled the skies unchallenged. Radar-evading aircraft that other nations could only dream of replicating.Then, in 2019, as crowds cheered the 70th anniversary of Communist rule during a military parade in Beijing, an angular silhouette emerged. Charcoal-gray and tailless, its smooth surfaces absorbed light rather than reflected it. Defense experts froze as its refined contours and shrouded exhaust rolled past reviewing stands, revealing the unmistakable hallmarks of advanced radar evasion.In one calculated reveal, China had unsheathed its hidden blade. They had become the innovator, and the skies would never belong to America alone again.