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*** Shore Up America's Air Superiority - China's military modernization means the U.S. and its allies need to take countermeasures.

 
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*** Shore Up America's Air Superiority - China's military modernization means the U.S. and its allies need to take countermeasures.
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After the Chinese military tested its new stealthy fighter during U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' visit to Beijing, most attention focused on whether or not President Hu Jintao had advance knowledge of the test. The fact that Mr. Hu appeared surprised when Mr. Gates brought it up led to speculation on the relative independence of the PLA and its potential role in next year's change in China's leadership. These are obviously important issues but they should not make us lose sight of the test itself and the central fact that the balance of air power in the region is leaning ...:
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Re: *** Shore Up America's Air Superiority - China's military modernization means the U.S. and its allies need to take countermeasures.
whatever
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Re: *** Shore Up America's Air Superiority - China's military modernization means the U.S. and its allies need to take countermeasures.
We need to make sure we can smack those Dongs.
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Re: *** Shore Up America's Air Superiority - China's military modernization means the U.S. and its allies need to take countermeasures.
We need to make sure we can smack those Dongs.
 Quoting: Least Servant

America has long since lost much of it's ability to fight an air war with anything but third world countries. (Jane's encyclopedia)
Our aircraft are too expensive and too complex to keep operational very long, our pilots are eliteist collage brats that couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. (Brigader General Robin F. Olds USAF Ret.) Fighter General and ace in WWII and 3 Mig kills over Vietnam.
America's general aviation industry is a corporate monopoly in ruins, and if ever called upon again to train a large number of pilots would fail.
All of my beloved country's potential adversaries have done exactly the opposite. Russia has taught China and other building powers that cheap reliable aviation products & pilots are essential to an air defense or offense perpared to mount a protraced and costly struggle.
Remember our greatest generation's pilots were farm boys from Nebraska and Kansas instead of the top of the class at the Air force Academy,not to say those boys won't give their all when the time comes its just that we have so very few of them and no venues to create more pilots quickly.
(Name Withheld) USN Retired Air group 19 USS Princton, pilot & 20 year Veteran served in two wars.
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Re: *** Shore Up America's Air Superiority - China's military modernization means the U.S. and its allies need to take countermeasures.
We need to make sure we can smack those Dongs.

America has long since lost much of it's ability to fight an air war with anything but third world countries. (Jane's encyclopedia)
Our aircraft are too expensive and too complex to keep operational very long, our pilots are eliteist collage brats that couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. (Brigader General Robin F. Olds USAF Ret.) Fighter General and ace in WWII and 3 Mig kills over Vietnam.
America's general aviation industry is a corporate monopoly in ruins, and if ever called upon again to train a large number of pilots would fail.
All of my beloved country's potential adversaries have done exactly the opposite. Russia has taught China and other building powers that cheap reliable aviation products & pilots are essential to an air defense or offense perpared to mount a protraced and costly struggle.
Remember our greatest generation's pilots were farm boys from Nebraska and Kansas instead of the top of the class at the Air force Academy,not to say those boys won't give their all when the time comes its just that we have so very few of them and no venues to create more pilots quickly.
(Name Withheld) USN Retired Air group 19 USS Princton, pilot & 20 year Veteran served in two wars.
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Eh, that's just high ranks with agendas...

We'll EW their asses to death.
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