Anybody who tries to downplay the significance of this is in denial of reality. While we battle over budgets and priorities the Chinese military modernization program is full speed ahead.
"The Defense Department had long used the mystery of the MiG-25 as a “boogeyman” to scare the government into funding advanced U.S. weaponry.",
While the truth is somewhere in the middle, the bottom line is that America is bankrupt and leadership priorities are focused elsewhere. The United States is well on the path to becoming a second rate military power in the not to distant future. Sad to say, the means and will for America to stay the number one military power are sorely lacking.