Frank Kendall

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is an arms race, not necessarily for increased numbers, but for increased quality. It's an arms race that has been going on for quite some time. The Chinese have been at it very aggressively. While the US military has focused funds on Iraq and Afghanistan, it has taken its eye off the ball in terms of hypersonic weapons. This isn't saying we've done nothing, but we haven't done enough. I love the A-10 [combat aircraft]. The C-130 [cargo plane] is a great aircraft that's been very capable and very effective for a lot of missions. The MQ-9s [drones] have been very effective for counterterrorism and so on. They're still useful, but none of these things scare China.”

Taipeitimes

United States Secretary of the Air Force