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> And we're still building multi-billion-dollar 20th century-minded war ships??? That's the thing that gets me. If the US is going to buy naval ships, at least
by nordsieck 7y ago
> And we're still building multi-billion-dollar 20th century-minded war ships???
That's the thing that gets me. If the US is going to buy naval ships, at least get ones with a real purpose.
The ships that are good against 3rd world nations are something like patrol boats. Cheap, small, fast boats with a shallow draft.
The ships that are good against 1st world nations are submarines. Everything else will get sunk by ballistic missiles. One of the side effects of the second space race is that the knowledge to build medium range ballistic missiles is becoming increasingly more common.
To a certain extent, it doesn't matter what the US builds; the last time it's been challenged militarily was the Korean War. It doesn't matter... until it does. And at that point, it'll be too late.
- chiefalchemist 7y agoBut it does matter what's being built if it's the wrong thing(s) for the wrong century. We're spending more and more, yet are less and less safe. The MIC makes out well. The rest of us less so __and__ we get to pay the MIC's tab.
- wbl 7y agoWhat happened to Vietnam and Afghanistan?
- nordsieck 7y ago> What happened to Vietnam and Afghanistan? My understanding of Vietnam is that the US was defeated politically, not militarily. Afghanistan poses even less of a military threat than Vietnam.
- chiefalchemist 7y agoWe spend A LOT of lives and A LOT of money. And had nothing to show for it. Civilians lost (their lives). Soldiers on both lost (their lives). The MIC won.
- wbl 7y agoThat sounds like defeat to me.