To: sonofstrangelove
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, in defending his decision to end production of the F-22, stated last year that China "is projected to have no fifth-generation aircraft by 2020." Well, they probably weren't planning to until we canceled the F-22 and they saw an opportunity.
38 posted on
05/28/2010 8:15:01 PM PDT by
Mr. Jeeves
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To: All
40 posted on
05/28/2010 10:45:14 PM PDT by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
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