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Arms race is back on the radar
Newsobserver ^ | 1/19/2011 | Andrew Cockburn

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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; f22; j20; stealthfighter

1 posted on 01/18/2011 9:55:07 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: Jet Jaguar

Ping.


2 posted on 01/18/2011 9:57:46 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

When you look and act weak, the threats increase...


3 posted on 01/18/2011 9:59:48 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

Back on the radar? It is in hyper gear.


4 posted on 01/18/2011 10:02:14 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: ErnstStavroBlofeld

Ooogo would love to point missles at us.

He wants to be a powerbroker


5 posted on 01/18/2011 10:04:27 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: ltc8k6

PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!


6 posted on 01/18/2011 10:06:51 PM PST by unkus
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