U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, August 21, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Yuri Gripas
Russia, China Aim To Close Military Technology Gap With U.S.: Hagel -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Russia and China are trying to close the technology gap with the U.S. military and developing weapons systems that appear designed to counter traditional U.S. advantages, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday.
Hagel was speaking before a NATO summit expected to bring Russia's souring relations with the West into sharp focus and the goals of NATO allies to strengthen defense spending.
Hagel said the Pentagon was renewing a push to revamp how it works with the defense industry. The goal, he said, was to promote greater innovation needed to preserve America's technological edge, even at a time of tighter budgets.
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My Comment: Both Russia and China are trying to close this gap ....but when you look the budgets and the number of personnel that are involved .... the U.S. is still far ahead. The only real adversary to U.S. military technology dominance may .... in the next 10 to 20 years ... be the Chinese .... but even then I am skeptical. In the end .... it will be the U.S. itself that will determine whether or not they will still want to be positioned to have the most effective military in the world with the best technology.
Superior technology does not necessarily win wars; it's just one advantage.
ReplyDeleteMy perception is that the US spends a huge amount of money developing new technologies in order to maintain this particular advantage, only to have its rivals steal/copy/imitate much of that tech for pennies on the dollar.
What if maintaining technological advantage is not necessarily as decisive as maintaining "par" tech but in orders of magnitude greater numbers than one's rivals.
Alex beat me to it. The Chinese will just steal it and help with Russia to make it cheaper.
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