[lbryce]

There’s no question the US has been wary of China’s ascent to global superpower, especially when it comes to technology and economics.

What about especially when it's our technology? Can't the Chinese develop their own home-grown technology instead of having to rely on us for their new found, emergent super-power status they love so much to flaunt?? Oh, yeah. The unstoppable carrier-killer missile, that will usher in China's military /naval supremacy, our demise, overnight. Yeah, I forgot about that one.

Puh-leeeez. Some super-power.

[RC one]

I find it oddly coincidental that our highest technological advances always manage to end up in the hands of the Chinese while they keep lending us money that they know we have no chance of paying back. I’m pretty sure that’s called a “trade”.

[snowrip]

According to the BBC, China’s military budget has quadrupled in the last 10 years, standing in 2010 at $78 billion. Compare that to the US’ $700 billion

When your aquisition costs are 50-80% less than your enemy, you can buy more equipment for less money... a numerical fact often overlooked by the paper-shufflers.

[katana]

Clinton’s wag the dog war in Serbia. The gift that just keeps on giving.

[Felis_irritable]

Anything to do with a crashed aircraft would be unnecessary. The Chinese are very intelligent, and there are plenty of traitors in the military-industrial complex who would sell their descendants’ safety for a Jaguar now. Between the two, poof, they get whatever technology they need.

[Little Ray]

Ya know, I don’t think you can really compare a conventional platform, subsonic strike aircraft to a canard winged supersonic strike fighter... The two don’t look remotely related.
Maybe the Chinese bought some RAM samples and got some measurements off the wreckage, but the new Chinese stealth fighter (how stealthy is it? What is its RCS compared to, say, an F-22?) is pretty much a home design.

Don’t make same mistake the US Navy did when evaluating the A6M Zero...

[Spirochete]

The Chinese (and Soviets) reverse engineered an AIM-9B missile that lodged in the body of a MiG-17 and failed to detonate. The AA-2 was a carbon copy of the AIM-9.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Thank you Slick Willie