http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/06/reaction-engines-uk-will-have-new-tests.html#more
"Those flaws express themselves, going back to the first assumption, in terms of technologies that were supposed to give us a generational edge on a future battlefield. We’ve already lost that investment."
http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2015/06/what-fiction-can-tell-you-about-future-war-china/116698/?oref=site-defenseone-flyin-sailthru
Already in the 19th century the US/China war was viewed as the ultimate nightmare.
