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China's stealth jets are 2 years ahead of schedule. But the real story isn't the Pentagon's estimates of China's schedule, but China's rapid modernization. That, and the latest US stealth fighters are underwhelming.
Surprise! China’s Stealth Jets Are 2 Years Ahead of Schedule | Danger Room | Wired.com
Last year, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates was greeted in Beijing by China’s experimental stealth jet buzzing over his head. Gates didn’t sweat it: He proclaimed that the J-20 wouldn’t be ready …
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China is developing its military capabilities for one primary reason–Taiwan. It will take over Taiwan one way or another, with military force being (unfortunately) the most likely scenario.
Agreeing with +Sophie Wrobel , China is very steadily acquiring all the necessary trump cards.
I d say "sensible" rather than "civilized" foreign policy.
Besides financial power, China is also developing worldwide monopoly on several industries and natural resource supplies which under certain circumstances might be even more threatening.
I agree that China won't be attacking via military anytime soon – not in their interests. The middle kingdom has always been, 'civilized'. But world domination isn't determined by military might alone anymore. It's determined by who can hold the major superpowers at bay, by diplomatic or other means. With a stranglehold on the world's money supply (and thus economy), China has a very convincing trump card to play. I suspect this card is underestimated still.
Too big for a fight. China is the new Soviet Union: ripe enough to understand it is better to solve differences through diplomacy.
It is also why the U.S. and China are now conjoined twins.
China needs us for demand and we need her money.
This will not last forever but U.S. needs to revitalise the middle class for the U.S. to remain a partner.
We are 16 trillion dollars in debt people. This is while we have 2 wars going on, 900 military bases around the world, a Medicare system that is going bankrupt. And yet we have the audacity of having an arms race, ??? A military show down with China. It is time to scale back this senseless spending.
Makes absolutely no sense for China to wage war on anyone.
The future of economic growth depends on friendly relations.
Let's not bomb the people buying our products =)
Well, probably not so soon if you compare recent military spending… (http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1104/spending/flat.html). If you look at cumulative military spending over the last 10 years, it's even clearer that it will take China quite a while to surpass them.
The U.S. is not done yet, it can still correct course, and as it embraces distributed manufacturing into place, the east becomes obsolete and ours has an advantage.
Not just technologically, because as a free society with free exchange of ideas, it has a greater ability to adapt and develop new innovations.