Posted on 01/18/2011 9:55:06 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The world may be in turmoil, but in the defense business there are signs of a return to normalcy. After dreary decades in which the U.S. military had to live without a presentable threat with which to justify its spending on high-technology weapons, the Chinese stepped up to the plate. With ominous talk gaining currency in Washington of actual cuts in the U.S. defense budget, our Asian friends have suddenly offered a titillating peek from an airfield in Chengdu at their newest warplane, described as a radar-evading "stealth" fighter like our own F-22.
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Ping.
When you look and act weak, the threats increase...
Back on the radar? It is in hyper gear.
Ooogo would love to point missles at us.
He wants to be a powerbroker
PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!
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