US Air Force unready for a prolonged war with China

Warnings are mounting that the US Air Force lacks the capability and capacity to defeat China in a high-end conflict. But the deeper problem is not whether American airpower can strike China hard and fast enough — it is whether the US can sustain a fight without exhausting munitions, fracturing alliances or triggering escalation it [...] The post US Air Force unready for a prolonged war with China appeared first on Asia Times .
2026-04-14 04:08:18