In unusually candid comments on Chinaâs growing military power, Gen. Carlisle said: âYou need only look across the Pacific and see what [China] is doing, not just their air force capability, but their surface-to-air [missile] capability, their ballistic missile capability, their anti-ship ballistic missiles,â and new missiles that can reach U.S. bases in Guam and Japan.
âAll of those things are incredibly disturbing to us for the future,â Gen. Carlisle said. âAnd again, ⦠we not only have to be able to defeat those, we have to hold those targets at risk, and thatâs where these fifth-generation aircraft come in.â
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âAll of those things are incredibly disturbing to us for the future,â Gen. Carlisle said. âAnd again, ⦠we not only have to be able to defeat those, we have to hold those targets at risk, and thatâs where these fifth-generation aircraft come in.â
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/25/inside-the-ring-377211977/