Pentagon: China Is Challenging U.S. Air Superiority

A Chinese J-11 fighter jet is seen flying near a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon about 135 miles east of China's Hainan Island on August 19, 2014. US NAVY / Reuters File

NBC/Reuters: China Is Challenging Superiority of U.S. Air Power: Pentagon

China is mounting a serious effort to challenge U.S. military superiority in air and space, forcing the Pentagon to seek new technologies and systems to stay ahead of its rapidly developing rival, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said Monday.

The Pentagon's chief operating officer told a group of military and civilian aerospace experts that China was "quickly closing the technological gaps," developing radar-evading aircraft, advanced reconnaissance planes, sophisticated missiles and top-notch electronic warfare equipment.

Update: Pentagon: China Aims to Unseat US as King of the Skies -- Sputnik

WNU Editor: The U.S. has had air superiority since the end of the Second World War .... it is a status that they will have continue to have for a very long time .... even if China mounts a serious effort to challenge this U.S. advantage.