Z-XX attack Heli

 

Z-XX attack Heli, most accurate and consistent with the shots we have seen so far ☑️

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— Húrin (@Hurin92) March 26, 2024

We can hate the Chinese practice of "copying" Western, and by that I mean US weapon systems. But it is an effective practice. We take the lumps by working out the kinks and they get the fruit of our labor free of charge while slightly improving on it.

So how do you beat them at their own game?

Recapture the inventiveness of the past and do upgrades of our equipment and instead doing the work and tossing it away we actually go for it.

Our biggest problem?

We're always looking for the next big thing.  We're always looking for transformational technology and that just gives our future foes time to catch up.

Best example?

The F-35.

If we had simply done upgrades to our existing fighters with the widgets and trinkets that have gone into the F-35 (to include engine upgrades), I contend we would be in a much better place with regard to our fighter programs.

We wouldn't be waiting another 10 years after having the plane in development and underperforming production for the last 30 years.

You get the general idea.

We're letting the perfect destroy the simply outstanding.  Time to put an end to the non-sense, get our minds right and get serious about the defense of our nation (that includes the border).