Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Top Navy Officer: U.S. Misjudges China’s Arms Technology.

"The U.S. has underestimated the pace of China’s development of some cutting edge weapons, but China still lags in its ability to effectively deploy and use sophisticated systems, a top Naval Intelligence officer said today.

In recent months senior U.S. defense officials have said that it would be at least until 2020 until China had a stealth fighter jet. But photos of what appears to be a prototype Chinese stealth fighter, the J-20, have been published in recent days, just days ahead of Defense Secretary Robert Gates visit to Beijing..."

at http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/01/05/top-navy-officer-us-misjudges-chinas-arms-technology/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fwashwire%2Ffeed+%28WSJ.com%3A+Washington+Wire%29

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