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Airlift The Key To True Superpower Capability
-- Defense Technology News
-- Defense Technology News
(NSI News Source Info) Washington - December 15, 2008: In the world of superpowers, it's military airlift capability that separates the world's two heavy hitters -- the United States and Russia -- from all the wannabe second division powers.
India and China are both building world power military forces with major air forces and navies. Both countries also are working hard on expanding their military industrial sectors. But both are still dependent on the United States, Russia and major European nations for many of their more ambitious systems.
Nowhere is this more true than in the area of heavy military transport aircraft, where both Delhi and Beijing still look to Moscow. When the terror crisis erupted in Mumbai, India's only national anti-terror squad had to use an Ilyushin Il-76 bought from Russia to transport the force from the capital.
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My Comment: Having nuclear missiles, f-22 fighters, ABM systems, and fleets of aircraft carriers helps. Having the right people and the right military culture is a big big big plus also.