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**encunnibriG** · 07-01-2011, 08:14 AM

For his part, Dorsett said that the Pentagon “certainly would not have expected them to be as far along as they are today” in technology – and that the Pentagon needs to refine its intelligence on military matters in China. “We’ve been on the mark on an awful lot of our assessments, but there have been a handful of things we have underestimated,” he said.

We underestimated China, US official says after reports of J-20 stealth fighter - CSMonitor.com

At some point China will probably apply their military forces outside of Asia and maybe they will fall flat but they will adjust and advance and China does not seem willing to be second to any other nation. China having a stealth fighter should come as no surprise since they've been so
good at stealing our secrets. Their blue water navy is probably decades away though.

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encunnibriG Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 461 Senior Member	For his part, Dorsett said that the Pentagon “certainly would not have expected them to be as far along as they are today” in technology – and that the Pentagon needs to refine its intelligence on military matters in China. “We’ve been on the mark on an awful lot of our assessments, but there have been a handful of things we have underestimated,” he said. We underestimated China, US official says after reports of J-20 stealth fighter - CSMonitor.com At some point China will probably apply their military forces outside of Asia and maybe they will fall flat but they will adjust and advance and China does not seem willing to be second to any other nation. China having a stealth fighter should come as no surprise since they've been so good at stealing our secrets. Their blue water navy is probably decades away though.
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