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“They could beat us to the punch,” Andrew Hunter told Breaking Defense in an interview at the Pentagon.
He suggested that the US Air Force wasn’t necessarily surprised when images of at least two new aircraft apparently belonging to Beijing flying through the air sent shockwaves through the aerospace community over the holidays.
“It’s fair to say we pay a lot of attention to what the Chinese are doing. And so, not everything that becomes public is a shock,” Hunter said. “But having said that, their pace is incredibly fast.”
Hunter previously warned lawmakers that the US was in a race with China for a sixth-generation fighter, and at the time predicted the US would win. Speaking with Breaking Defense today, Hunter acknowledged the US may not win the race to initial operational capability (IOC), but he was still confident the aircraft the US eventually fields would outperform whatever China is developing.


요약
1. 화자는 미 공군부 기술분과 차관보 Andrew P Hunter
2. 중국 신형 전술기는 우리도 알고있었어서 놀라지 않음
3. 근데 개발속도는 상상 이상으로 빨라서 놀라움
4. 아마 초기작전능력 확보는 우리보다 먼저 할거임
5. 그래도 성능 우위는 확실히 우리에게 있음