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However, at $ 2 billon/plane is it rational from a fiscal stand point?

But then:

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China Is Trying To Secure Its Own Stealth Fighter

The national security blog 19fortyfive.com reports that China is developing a sixth-generation warplane to compete with the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, or NGAD, of the United States.

Earlier this month, a design prototype was displayed at the Zhuhai Airshow in Guangdong province. The Chinese fighter of the next generation lacks a tail and would be Beijing’s fastest and most advanced aircraft. Using the most advanced stealth technology China can muster, the design and engines aim to maximize maneuverability by producing more thrust and less drag.

According to General Mark Kelly, head of Air Combat Command, China appears to be on track with its fighter program. Kelly believes diligent, rapid work on the NGAD is necessary to counter China’s advancing sixth-generation capabilities.

China’s next-generation fighter is expected to have artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmented reality, and lasers, although little is known about it.

It should also be able to command combat-drone wingman wolf packs, and it may even have an unmanned version.

Kelly believes the aircraft will be a system-of-systems fighter that can evade radar exponentially more effectively than the NGAD.

It will be equipped with advanced sensors and radar. It will receive rapid software updates due to its open-mission architecture, and its engines will be capable of thrust vectoring.

19fortyfive.com reports that China already possesses a stealth fighter of the fifth generation: The J-20 Mighty Dragon has been deployed in all combat regions of the country, with more fighters joining the air force every month. China is anticipated to use J-20-developed technologies to maximize the capabilities of the sixth-generation fighter.

For instance, China is replacing Russian-made AL-31F powerplants with domestic WS-15 turbofan engines to improve the J-20 engines. The WS-15 could form the basis of its sixth-generation fighter’s propulsion system.

China may have a sixth-generation fighter ready for its maiden flight between 2026 and 2028 and may introduce the aircraft to its air force by 2035. Therefore, the United States will need to work quickly on the NGAD to stay ahead of the Chinese.

In the coming decades, China is eager to match the United States. Regarding NGAD, the U.S. Air Force and Navy cannot move fast enough because China is closing the gap. With fighter aircraft such as the F-22 and F-35, the United States used to be decades ahead of its adversaries. Now it must accept the reality that Beijing can keep up with it.

Generals and admirals must continue to sound the alarm regarding new Chinese aircraft.

But with Biden as President, he would be afraid of insulting his Chinese benefactors.

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IDF, US Army drills illustrate importance of Israel-US partnership

While that partnership will continue to grow and bloom, it is essential that the incoming government pay close attention to the US.

An important drill took place this week between the IDF and the US military. The aerial exercises included advanced F-35 warplanes and American F-15s, with drills taking place over Israel and the Mediterranean Sea simulating an operational scenario and long-distance flights.

This is of the utmost importance, and it is hoped that preparations like this and public knowledge that the drills took place will help deter Iran and send a message to Tehran and other adversaries of Jerusalem that Israel is well prepared for any kind of threat – conventional and nuclear.

The joint training brings together key warplanes and pilots from the US and Israel and showcases how the countries are working together in the region and how they have created interoperability to jointly counter threats.

Now that Israel is a part of Central Command’s area of operations, these kinds of joint drills have added meaning and benefit to both sides. The drills come during the same week that Israel tested a long-range Barak missile interceptor aboard one of its advanced Sa’ar 6 corvettes off the coast.

This was a first-of-its-kind test and included a successful interception of a simulated cruise missile. The installation of the Barak missile system on the new corvettes is meant to complement the naval version of the Iron Dome installed on them. This creates a multi-layered defense umbrella off the coast that can protect the mainland as well as sea-based platforms, like oil fields and rigs.

Meanwhile, in the skies, the Israelis F-35s and F-16s worked with US F-15s and a US KC-135 refueler on various types of operational scenarios. The IDF said this included an “extensive simulation that replicated a campaign against distant countries. This exercise tested the IDF’s abilities at gathering intelligence, researching and ‘outlining’ targets and making intelligence available to the operational forces.”

The training should be understood as part of a much larger series of cooperative events that have taken place between the US and Israel in recent years.

In addition, Israel has been conducting other joint drills, such as with Greece and other countries. There is a lot more work to be done, and two years after the Abraham Accords there are expectations that the cooperation with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain regarding stability and security in the region will continue to grow. Towards that end, meetings like the Negev Summit forum are important, as is the cooperation between India, Israel, the US and UAE; a group called the I2U2.

When it comes to the Iranian threat it is clear the Islamic Republic continues to pose a threat via Syria and also in the Gulf of Oman. In Syria, pro-Iranian proxies have continued to target US forces in the east.

In addition, Iran targeted a ship in the Gulf of Oman in November, using a drone flown from Chabahar, an Iranian city on the coast of the Gulf.

Iranian drone, missile threats growing

The drone and missile threat is growing, and defending against those threats is a key priority. It is important that IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi made a trip to the US and met with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley last month. During that meeting, the military leaders discussed regional threats, including from Iran.

Kohavi recently said Israel had prevented the creation of a “Hezbollah 2” in Syria, indicating the IDF campaign there involving covert airstrikes has been successful at preventing more entrenchment by Iran and its proxies in Syria.

With Iran continuing to enrich uranium and not afraid to use drones and missiles across the region, the need to deter Tehran is more important than ever. Such action worked in the past. In 2003, Iran suspended its nuclear program when the US invaded Iraq out of fear that it would be next. That shows that when presented with a real threat, the ayatollahs may recalculate.

The training this week illustrates how essential the partnership with the US has been for Israel and the region. While that partnership will continue to grow and bloom, it is essential that the incoming government pay close attention to the US and also concerns that the US may be raised about security issues in the region.

The IDF is at the forefront of keeping Israel stable and safe, which includes securing areas outside its borders. Keeping adversaries deterred and wars from breaking out will continue to be essential in the years to come.

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I have been saying this in different words for several years and I believe it to be evident:

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If you leave the gate open, the cow will wander off. So, if you intentionally leave the gate open, you want the cow to wander off. You can't blame stupidity or laziness. It was intentional.

If you cut police budgets, you will get more crime on the streets. So, if you intentionally cut police budgets, you wanted more crime on the streets.

If you cut back the supply of oil, gas prices will go up. So if you intentionally cut back the supply of oil, you wanted gas prices to go up.

If you print trillions of dollars without increasing the supply of goods, inflation will hit hard. So if you intentionally print trillions of dollars without more goods you wanted inflation to hit hard.

If you leave the southern border wide open, you get more drug trafficking and human trafficking. So if you intentionally leave the border wide open, you wanted more drug trafficking and human trafficking.

If you shut down 40% of the supply of baby formula in February, you'll get a huge shortage. When you KNOW a huge baby formula shortage is coming because of the FDAs actions and you purposefully do nothing to prevent it, month after month, until the crisis finally hits hard, you INTENDED this crisis.

It is time to recognize the evil people behind that old man. They want crisis. They want chaos. They want riots. They want conflicts in your town.

Their stated purpose years ago with Obama was to "take the US down a few notches on the world stage." You can feel the quality of your life going down with the country.

These are not foolish or misguided people. They are intentionally and purposely taking our country somewhere we don't want to go...

there are a lot of Soros's out there.

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Anyone who is willing to uncover the facts on D.C's elite will soon be in their cross hairs and now Musk has appeared:

READ IT: Full Bombshell Thread on Twitter's Censorship of the Hunter Biden Laptop Story

By Spencer Brown

On Friday, new Twitter boss Elon Musk announced that "What really happened with the Hunter Biden story suppression by Twitter" would be published later Friday evening. Sure enough, albeit with a bit of a delay, Musk pointed Twitter users to a thread-in-progress by investigative journalist Matt Taibbi who came prepared with receipts from Twitter's internal communications. Townhall has also aggregated some of the most damning revelations from the thread's disclosures here.

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Daniel Pipes, Cynthia Farahat, and Jonathan Schanzer: The Muslim Brotherhood, as Revealed in a New Book

by Marilyn Stern
Middle East Forum Webinar

https://www.meforum.org/63839/daniel-pipes-cynthia-farahat-and-jonathan

And:

Israel Puts Netanyahu’s Conservative Zionism to the Test

By Peter Berkowitz via RealClear Politics

Peter Berkowitz assesses the ideological perspective that may characterize a new Israeli government that is likely to be led by Benjamin Netanyahu. Berkowitz surveys Netanyahu’s fifteen years of leadership as prime minister, exploring instances when he positioned himself to the right ideologically and other times when he governed with restraint and moderation. Berkowitz asserts that Netanyahu’s proper aim in leading his nation should be to maintain the founding principles of preserving Israel’s Jewish character while securing freedom, justice, peace, and rights of all citizens, Jews and non-Jews alike.

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