WAKE UP---THE CHINESE ARE HERE
Former Spook has a detailed breakdown of the actual Chinese air capabilities and they are scary. They have a plane superior about equal to what are known as fourth generation fighters like the F-16 and the Frog crap. Our new F-22 is still superior to everything out there. China is deploying their outstanding technology to Iran, Syria, and anyone else who might not like us, and the Russians are supplying them with all needed air to air and air to ground missile technology. Gone are the days when we can automatically expect to have air superiority. Read his short piece. This guy knows his shit and his sources are without peer. We have an aggressive adversary arming themselves right under our noses; Germany 1937 anyone?
Note: post adjusted to conform with comment in comments section from Da Spook.
1 comment:
Howard, a minor correction if I could. In my post, I did not say that the new Chinese fighter (the F-10) is superior to every fighter we have, save the F-22. The F-10's performance and capabilities are very similar to the so-called fourth generation western fighters, like the F-16, the Typhoon and the French Rafale. That puts the PRC in the same technological ballpark as the U.S., and with numbers potentially on their side, that could create real problems for us in a "defense of Taiwan" scenario--without the F-22.
And, again, the question for our policy-makers is clear: do you want parity in the air, or absolute air supremacy. For my money, we've got to have the latter, and that means the F-22 and the JSF.
Always enjoy your blog.
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