While Obama’s will shrinks the USA everywhere, our tech edge narrows as well ..CHINESE RAINBOW 5

South China Morning Post (i.e. Chinese govt)

Ostensibly put forth as being loaded with wall penetrating radar to find and kill terrorists, this MQ-9 Reaper sized, but jet powered drone:

“It can also support and protect other drones with electronic warfare devices, such as suppressing the enemy’s radar. It will significantly increase the effectiveness of an attack,”
The Rainbow 5’s first flight lasted about 20 minutes, CCTV reported. The drone, which has room for six missiles, can stay in the air for more than 30 hours.
China is the world’s biggest drone maker, with some civilian models dominating the global market.
But the technology used in Chinese military drones still lags that of the US because of a lack of advanced sensors and powerful, reliable engines, according to some mainland experts.

In a previous life I worked as a manager for an ultrasound company whose technology was supreme, at a time when cardio echo was the province of real science, technology and invention in hardware and software, and R&D as well as yielding practical clinical applications.Hewlett Packard and GE, who had a large place in the radiology market showed up with junk in this market. But every 6 months they got a little better.Today this market is COMMODITY.
Since May we have seen 2 new MAJOR drones from China.We have seen the high altitude long endurance, twin fuselage, and HEAVY PAYLOAD, Divine Eagle, and now the Rainbow 5.

We are seeing the Chinese move to secure perceived offshore energy resources by seizing (via innocent fishing and then protective coast guard patrols) reefs, barely above water, and then MANUFACTURING THEM into airfield equipped islands and bases.

We have seen them move from advanced equivalent, and more HEAVILY armed AEGIS type Arleigh Burke type destroyers now to development of CRUISERS.

This computer generated image compares the Type 055 cruiser and Type 052D destroyer side by side for scale. The Type 055 will display twice as much as the Type 052D, and probably carry about twice as many (128) large missiles.
And this is just the Chinese threat, which WILL develop from the commercial profits of generations, to capturing near resources at sea, as we can tell by their island building, with threats projected via unmanned search and attack, naval surface and submarine force projection, and air attack via, J-10, J-11, J-20 and J-31 aircraft.
Then we must think about what the Russians feel confident in doing in UKR, Crimea, and against NATO in Poland and the Latvian states via coercion and blackmail.
Then comes Iran/Norkland and the irrational Shia aggressions and threats, and then the salafi freaks of ISIS, AQ, Al Nusra etc.
What KIND of president and federal govt will we need?
It all proceeds as it did for the USA, and then China, FROM THE ECONOMY STUPID.
We can not have chosen WORSE than Mr. Obama.
Who’s next?