“[T]he PLA likely regards Rapid Dragon in particular as a credible threat,” wrote Derek Solen, a senior researcher at the U.S. Air Force’s China Aerospace Studies Institute, in a Dec. 22 ...

Japan's military is now reportedly considering using its cargo planes to drop missiles. Solen wrote that the November article is likely close to the consensus view within China's military ...

But with Rapid Dragon, the Air Force’s fleet of normally unarmed and cargo-only C-17s and C-130s might get in the fight. It’s a capability that Derek Solen, a senior researcher at the U.S. Air ...