Posted on Jul 29, 2015
Is the United States at risk of losing its technological edge?
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China is doing the best job of any nation at countering U.S. military capabilities and acquiring technology to keep the American military out of the western Pacific, a top Pentagon official said Tuesday.
“What they’re buying is a suite of capabilities that are designed to keep us out of their part of the world,” said Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics.
“That suite of capabilities includes capabilities to control space and deny us our space-based communications and sensing capabilities … it includes the capabilities to attack us with cyber weapons in various ways, it includes long range cruise and ballistic missiles … designed to attack our high value assets, particularly carriers and air fields,” said Kendall, who added that he receives daily briefings on what equipment and weapons systems other nations are purchasing.
“If you take all of these things and put them together you have a very formidable layered defense system that makes it very hard for us to project power forward,” he said.
Speaking at the Directed Energy Summit hosted by defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and think-tank the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Kendall said the Asian nation is starting to develop air-to-air missile and electronic systems that are on par with the U.S.
“I’m not suggesting that war with China’s likely,” he said. “But I am suggesting that … it is very likely for us to have friction points out there.”
Plus, he added, it is possible that China could sell its technology to groups or nations that the U.S. is more likely to face in combat.
The U.S. must not get complacent in its technological innovation, he warned.
“We are so used, however, to the assumption of U.S. technological superiority that often when I bring this up with people they dismiss it,” he said. “They don’t think of China as a formidable opponent.”
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“What they’re buying is a suite of capabilities that are designed to keep us out of their part of the world,” said Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics.
“That suite of capabilities includes capabilities to control space and deny us our space-based communications and sensing capabilities … it includes the capabilities to attack us with cyber weapons in various ways, it includes long range cruise and ballistic missiles … designed to attack our high value assets, particularly carriers and air fields,” said Kendall, who added that he receives daily briefings on what equipment and weapons systems other nations are purchasing.
“If you take all of these things and put them together you have a very formidable layered defense system that makes it very hard for us to project power forward,” he said.
Speaking at the Directed Energy Summit hosted by defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and think-tank the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Kendall said the Asian nation is starting to develop air-to-air missile and electronic systems that are on par with the U.S.
“I’m not suggesting that war with China’s likely,” he said. “But I am suggesting that … it is very likely for us to have friction points out there.”
Plus, he added, it is possible that China could sell its technology to groups or nations that the U.S. is more likely to face in combat.
The U.S. must not get complacent in its technological innovation, he warned.
“We are so used, however, to the assumption of U.S. technological superiority that often when I bring this up with people they dismiss it,” he said. “They don’t think of China as a formidable opponent.”
Read more at ...
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/tech/2015/07/28/pentagon-officials-cite-challenges-maintaining-technological-edge/30792603/
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Some countries are very close. Its funny you pictured the F-35. That right there is a Huge waste of technology. I know the Raptor was expensive but it works. As far a Naval technology goes... we are still living with 80s and 90s technology for alot of our major systems with some new age enhancements. On the flip side, our slightly older tech is backed up by tactics that far exceed other countries. Thats what keeps us strong.
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