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2021-12-16 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by badanov 2021-12-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 They are utter fools for investing in WWII technology like aircraft carriers. They are just big targets for submarines.

And wait for the next big shooting war for everyone to discover that the naval mine has made huge strides and is really the thing that will decide conflicts. They're not those spiky things any more. They are torpedoes in a box anchored to the sea floor that listen for specific audio signatures and launch themselves when a targeted ship sails by.

Posted by Clulet Splat5443 2021-12-16 03:04|| 2021-12-16 03:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Updated aphorism for Winnie the Pooh:

Never get involved in a land war in the US Midwest

Posted by Mercutio 2021-12-16 09:50|| 2021-12-16 09:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Never get involved in a land war in the US Midwest

Would you be meaning the parts of the Midwest where FE Warren, Minot and Malmstrom AFBs are located?

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-16 09:56|| 2021-12-16 09:56|| Front Page Top

#4 WuFlu + Confucius Institute/FangFang spies + US F500 Corporate Whoring fir China have already done more damage to this country than the PLA can

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-16 13:23|| 2021-12-16 13:23|| Front Page Top

#5 They are utter fools for investing in WWII technology like aircraft carriers.

You understand the PLA is Chinese, right?
Why should we not encourage their ambitions?

Think of the size of a megawatt laser one could hang off a nuclear carrier.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-16 13:26|| 2021-12-16 13:26|| Front Page Top

#6 If any of USN's wild fusion patents work out, lasers will be a waste compared to a nice terawatt particle beam.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-16 16:29|| 2021-12-16 16:29|| Front Page Top

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