The new US Air Force secretary wants to 'scare China'

[left-of-center2012]

After being sworn in as the U.S. Air Force’s top civilian, Frank Kendall went straight to the budget books. Kendall, a former Pentagon acquisition chief who is well-acquainted with the world of military technology, immediately immersed himself in the Air Force’s fiscal 2023 budget and directed a number of last-minute adjustments to the plan.

The goal, Kendall told Defense News in an exclusive Aug. 13 interview, should be to field the kinds of leap-ahead technologies that “scare China.” But whether the Air Force can do that depends on how successful it is in convincing Congress it must make near-term sacrifices to its existing aircraft inventory.

“The Air Force has been overly constrained,” Kendall said. “I think we’ve not been allowed to do things we really need to do to free up resources for things that are higher priority. We’ve had a very hard time getting the Congress to allow us to retire older aircraft.”

“I’ve been obsessed, if you will, with China for quite a long time now — and its military modernization, what that implies for the US and for security,” said Kendall, an Army veteran who has had a long career in the Pentagon ...

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2021/08/17/the-new-air-force-secretary-wants-to-scare-china/

[dalton99a]

1. What this country desperately needs is a fleet of invisible space ships powered by nuclear fusion

something to put the fear of God in the Chinese Communist Party

[Klaralven]

3. A small fleet of Klingon Bird-of-Prey would be nice

[wyn borkins]

2. 'Jeans'

If the kendall-creature really wishes to 'scare' China (as if that's really possible), then why not explain (to them) that we fully intend to (some day) manufacture 'Levi's' within our own borders.

[sarisataka]

4. Don't worry, Space Force is working on it