CHINESE FIGHTER FORCE TO SHRINK IN 21ST CENTURY
Despite years of double-digit defense budget increases, half of the Chinese air force's fighter and attack aircraft will be retired by 2005 because of old age, and China cannot afford to replace them, according to a new Rand study. Further, except for about four dozen Su-27s bought from the Russians...
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