China, Russia Have Caught Up With West in Air Power: UK Minister

China, Russia Have Caught Up With West in Air Power: UK Minister
Chinese J-20 stealth fighters perform at the Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China, on Nov. 6, 2018. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images
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China and Russia are developing capabilities to counter and surpass the air power of the Western alliance, a British defence official warned.

“Thirty years ago, the UK and its Western allies appeared unchallenged in the air domain,” Jeremy Quin, Britain’s minister for defence procurement, on March 24 in reference to the first Gulf War in 1991.