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http://www.businessinsider.com/china-is-challenging-us-military-superiority-2014-1China poses an increasing challenge to the US military's technological edge while budget pressures are hampering Washington's effort to stay ahead, a senior defense official warned on Tuesday.
Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer, told lawmakers that when it comes to "technological superiority, the Department of Defense is being challenged in ways that I have not seen for decades, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region."
Citing China's major investments in anti-ship missiles, stealth fighter jets, hypersonic vehicles and other hi-tech weaponry, Kendall said the United States could lose its dominant position if it failed to respond to the altered strategic landscape.
"Technological superiority is not assured and we cannot be complacent about our posture," he told the House Armed Services Committee.
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China Is Challenging US Military Superiority, Says Pentagon Official (Original Post)
xchrom
Jan 2014
OP
Yes! They have a budget that is nearing one fifth of the US war machine !!!8!
BelgianMadCow
Jan 2014
#3
We gave away all of our intellectual property, jobs, economy and financial stability to China.
democratisphere
Jan 2014
#7
think
(11,641 posts)1. A message from the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer
how quaint....
get the red out
(13,468 posts)2. That was my thought
An advertisement to appeal to national pride in order to obtain more massive funding. We are supposed to forget that we are literally starving our own people for all this military shit.
BelgianMadCow
(5,379 posts)3. Yes! They have a budget that is nearing one fifth of the US war machine !!!8!
ZOMG teh danger! Plus, they is hackerz!
Dash87
(3,220 posts)4. And we both want the same thing, so who cares?
I feel like the Pentagon wants to have this ungodly military just for the sake of it, with no actual legitimate reason for doing so.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)5. What superiority? nt
Nitram
(22,853 posts)6. the Pentagon just wants more money.
They always do, and this is their favorite tactic.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)7. We gave away all of our intellectual property, jobs, economy and financial stability to China.
What did THEY expect China and their military would do! More social programs will soon be on the chopping block!
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)8. Oh my god! Teh Chinese are coming
Quick, cut Social Security so we can fund more weapons projects!
Is that the reaction you wanted, Mr. Kendall?