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'Let us meet in the sky': China boasts US Air Force should fear new arsenal
Washington Examiner ^ | 29 September 2021 | Joel Gehrke, Foreign Affairs Reporter |

Posted on 09/30/2021 9:24:54 PM PDT by blueplum

America should fear China's growing military might, a senior Chinese air force official boasted, ominously inviting his U.S. counterparts to a meeting "in the sky."

The grim warning from People’s Liberation Army Deputy Air Force Commander Wang Wei was in apparent response to U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s pledge last month to develop weapons that “scare China.” Wang said China, which is becoming increasingly belligerent in the Indo-Pacific region, is rolling out fearsome weapons of its own...

...“Often, you’re going to get quicker with bilateral, trilateral relationships than you are necessarily trying to maneuver very large alliances into place,” British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Wednesday at a Center for European Policy Analysis forum. “I think being nimble gives you an upper hand, and therefore joining with more nimble countries who share the same threat is actually going to be part of the future.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asia; china; chinaagression; nationalsecurity; southseas; usaf; usn; wolfwarrior
Did Wallace just hint that a full Nato response was too hard to maneuver?
1 posted on 09/30/2021 9:24:54 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Chamberlain rides again.


2 posted on 09/30/2021 9:28:19 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: blueplum

It’s a ruse.


3 posted on 09/30/2021 9:31:16 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: KC_Lion

Ping.


4 posted on 09/30/2021 9:35:14 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: blueplum

DO YA WANNA? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSqp-W1pWoU


5 posted on 09/30/2021 10:01:33 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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