Commander of the US Air Force Operations Command, Mark Kelly, told media reporters recently explained your views on the comparison of air power between China and the United States at the Aerospace Network Conference of the Air Force Association.
Comparing the previous incident, the US military’s several remarks on the same topic, we can see how the United States evaluates its prospects for maintaining air superiority in the Asia-Pacific region.
You may still remember that the United States said that it had close contact with the J20 in the past few months, and was impressed by the combination of the PLA early warning aircraft , stealth fighter, and PL15 long-range air-to-air missile. In the recent news released by the United States, it has been clearly stated that the F35A and the J20 have had air encounters more than once. At the same meeting, the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff and the U.S. Pacific Air Force Command said that the U.S. military had limited opportunities to contact and evaluate the J-20. They said that through air contact, they had learned a lot of knowledge about the J-20. They felt that the aircraft was at an OK level, which meant to be qualified, but it would not make them afraid of it until they couldn't sleep well. However, some American media believe that the views of the two Air Force generals are somewhat a bit showing their capabilities to China and want to suppress us psychologically.
However, the Chief of Staff of the US Air Force has another saying, if we do not carry out modernization, we may suffer from insomnia. This sentence actually tells us that the United States said it was not afraid of the J-20 because they believed that it could suppress the J-20 with 6th generation aircraft and the new AIM260 air-to-air missile. If the US military's sixth-generation aircraft progresses smoothly, it is really possible that they will suffer from insomnia.
In the view of US Air Force Secretary Kendall, his work should be almost entirely focused on the development and deployment of new combat capabilities such as "scaring China" such as sixth-generation aircraft. Obviously, other countries are no longer qualified to make Kendall live so tired now. Because it is planned that by 2030, the sixth-generation aircraft of the US military should be ready for use. Time is tight and the task is heavy.
In this case, the US Air Force Operations Command is also worried about the direction and progress of China's sixth-generation aircraft development.
Kelly believes that China's understanding of the sixth-generation machine may be the same as that of the United States, such as the exponential decline of characteristic signals, the computing and processing capabilities of on-board electronic devices and the perception capabilities of sensors have the exponential increase, and an open task system will also be adopted to give China's sixth-generation machine the ability to "iterate" and improve rapidly.
Kelly gave an example, saying that after China introduced the Su-27 and Su-30, the design of these aircraft has been continuously modified and iterated. Now there is J-16, and it is still improving. The J-20 has also seen new modifications, such as the two-seater type. So he said that Chinese Air Force is not stupid. The Chinese have the capabilities needed to develop the sixth generation aircraft. In 2019, Chengfei also said that the development of the sixth generation aircraft will be completed by 2035. The United States estimates that the sixth generation aircraft of Chengfei should have a variable cycle engine and directional energy weapon . Facing China's catch-up, Kelly said he hopes to see the U.S. Air Force "at least a month before its competitors." This made the American media a little confused. Some media are currently passing the Aerospace Forces Association, hoping that Kelly can clearly explain why it was one month.
Here we might as well review the leading advantage of the US Air Force in the 3rd years of the US-Soviet battle for . For example, F15 first flew in 1972 and began to be equipped in the army in 1976. The Su-27, which was confronting F15, began to be equipped with the Soviet army in 1985, with a 9-year gap. However, if we consider the performance of electronic devices and missiles , the actual combat effectiveness gap is more than 9 years.
The service time announced by the sixth-generation aircraft of China and the United States is 5 years apart, but Kelly said he hopes the US military can lead at least one month. Don’t have the confidence to compete for hegemony when facing the Soviet Union?
, what is it enough to be ahead of just one month? Let Kelly be at ease for a month and make up for his sleep?
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