Albert Di Salvo
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Isn't there a song called Whistling Past The Graveyard?
Here's a video of it taxing out.
FoxNews.com - China's New Fighter Jet Could Pose 'Terrifying' Challenge to U.S. Fleet
To those who say "Well, we had this technology 20 years ago" that is irrelevant. China has it now, and their plane, by all estimates, is superior to ours.
So in 20 years, they went from 20 years behind us, to 20 years ahead of us.
No, read the article. According to Navy pilot Matthew Buckley, who said this:
And that pilot was flying F 18's I believe.
Which in this case would mean the new Chinese fighter should be better ( the F 18 has been around since the mid 80s
Having f-22s in Taiwan would be sensless since its predicted that the almost all planes would be destroyed or immobolized due to chinese missles and bombing. The few that would survive would mainly be the ones in the air.
Fighter jets cant stay in the air all that long without refueling. I imagine the conflict would last more than half a day.It it actually f-16 C/D fighters that are on our government's wish list. You don't think we have satellite and radar coverage of China? If they DO plan to attack, those planes will be in the air before missiles and PLA fighters can hit...
Fighter jets cant stay in the air all that long without refueling. I imagine the conflict would last more than half a day.
And missiles travel fast.... really fast.
Sorry to say it but it seems that the more and more powerful China gets, the harder it will be for the US to defend Taiwan. It appears analysts already believe Taiwanese airspace would probably be dominated by the Chinese.
"...China, in a show of force for the United States, apparently conducted the first test flight of its new stealth fighter jet. The 15-minute flight occurred just hours before Mr. Gates met with President Hu Jintao to talk about improving relations between the Chinese and American militaries and ways to reduce tensions during a nascent arms buildup between the two countries...." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/world/asia/12military.html?_r=2&hp
So do you think the test was a result of Gates declaring that within the next five years NK will be a direct threat to the US?