A senior Republican of the US House of Representatives stressed that China’s military capabilities are growing at an incredible rate.
“We can not ignore Iran,” said Mike Rogers, a Republican of the US Congress. “We can not ignore North Korea and Russia, but they are nothing compared to the challenge that we will face with China.”
“We need to know that we need to increase our defense spending to keep pace with China,” he said.
In another part of his speech, the Republican representative called for the modernization of the US military equipment. “We can not ignore them unless we want to fall behind them,” he said.
The remarks by the US lawmaker came a few days ago when the US-based National Interest wrote that the US Air Force would face serious challenges in confronting China and Russia due to a defect in the fifth generation of its fighters.
The article wrote in an article by Chris Osborne that although the United States has F-22s and F-35s, they have flaws.
According to the article, a large part of the US fighter fleet is from the fourth generation, which, compared to the level of the defense systems of Russia and China, is not able to penetrate the enemy’s airspace without anyone being able to see it.
“The US Air Force needs fighters that can penetrate areas covered by enemy air defenses,” said the article, which was co-authored by David Debtel, a former F-15 pilot and US Air Force general.
“Superiority in airspace requires speed, maneuverability and radar evasion,” the writer of the article.
The US general said that China’s HQ-9 or S400 defense system could cause problems for a large number of US aircraft, and that Russia and China could equip their fifth fleet with Sukhoi 57 and G-31 aircraft, which military experts say It is unlikely that fifth-generation American fighters could win the war with these two countries.
Since the unveiling of the F-35 and its use in the US Air Force, more than a dozen disruptions, defects and accidents have been reported for these modern fighters.
