Most of the Democrats in Congress, and even the President of the United States would like to cut the JSF program. Yes, it will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to have a large number of these aircraft in our squadrons. Nevertheless, it will be necessary for the future. We cannot rely on 50-year-old B-52s, and many of the aircraft we have in the military are quite old, and they will become maintenance challenges, and it will be difficult for us to keep them in working order. Not to mention the military budget cuts, that's can make things even worse.
So what we are we getting ourselves into here? Well, right now everything is on hold, and we've hit the pause button. Our politicians can't seem to get a grip on how to live within their means, and they've turned our economy into shambles, and while the Democrats wish to turn this into a socialist nation, they are also spending us into oblivion. Much of our economy has been heavily hit, and we don't have the tax base we once did because we have so fewer people working. Meanwhile, we keep borrowing money from China, and our trade flows are sending our money there as well.
Indeed, if you are probably wondering what China is doing with all that money; well, they are building up their military. Before, people laughed, because their technology wasn't as good as ours, and yet now they have stolen much of our technology, and they are building some rather high tech aircraft, ships, tanks, and missiles. It is time that the United States woke up, and stopped the political infighting, and gotten a hold on this sequestration problem. Everyone is talking about the budget cliff, but no one is slowing down as we drive right off of it.
Worse, our politicians have put everything on hold, along with our military, and defense contractors as we are in an election year, and the Obama administration doesn't want to do anything to tip the balance. They may not be tipping the political balance, but they are tipping the balance of power around the globe, they are tipping it in China's favor. There was an interesting piece on Chinese Military News Online on October 31, 2012 titled; "China's second stealth fighter makes its 1st trial flight," which had stated;
"China's 2nd J-31 stealth 5th generation fighter, has successfully took off from AVIC SAC (Shenyang Aircraft Corporation) test flight base and completed its trial flight. The flight duration time is about 10 minutes. Some resources indicate that it only takes SAC 19 months to realize trial flight from aircraft design under the pressure of CAC J-20."
Not only is China able to get more money and bang for their buck when creating weapons of war, they are also able to do it faster because they don't have the political infighting, or the abundance of rules and regulations preventing them from moving ahead quicker. We are our own worst enemy. "Sir, we found the enemy, and it is us."
Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it as I am not amused at the incoherent leadership running our country. Our government will not have the capability to keep us safe if we continue on this path. Worse, they won't even see the Chinese coming. The future of air combat and air power will be stealthy.
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