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Gates Questions ‘Fighter Gap,’ Sees Extended U.S. Air Dominance

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Thursday, September 17th, 2009

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By Marina Malenic Defense Secretary Gates yesterday dismissed warnings from some military leaders of a "fighter gap," asserting that there is instead a "deep chasm" between highly advanced U.S. fifth-generation tactical aircraft technologies and all the other nations in the world capable of challenging U.S. air superiority. "We should be concerned less with [China's] potential ability to challenge the U.S. symmetrically--fighter to fighter or ship to ship--and more with their ability to disrupt our freedom of movement and narrow our…

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