It's official, stealth is the new "star wars". Since it's basically illegal to "weaponize space", why not find other ways to keep military spending growing at 10% a year?
Submarines, stealthly deadly but terrible in photoshoots, stealth planes however are elegant like the best supermodels of the nineties.
China, receving Gates on a three day visit to smooth relations, was shown one of China's closest guarded secrets, the J-20 Stealth Fighter.
A break through since the US, despite objections from China, sold weapons to Taiwan froze military relations for the past two years in protest.
"This kind of long-term tension is really bad for both sides and for mutual trust. The US aircraft carrier group "was designed to scare North Korea" after its forces shelled a South Korean island, "but it also showed that if China violates US or its allies' interests, America can deploy its military power without hesitation. If America cares about its relations with China it should avoid holding drills in such sensitive places," the paper quoted Xu Guangyu, a former People's Liberation Army general, as saying.
'US seeks to bridge military relations with China despite 'J-20
