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So they begin to spend $Bn on more and more elaborate weapons systems to challenge a non-existent threat. Our plan to destroy them is working, it got rid of th

So they begin to spend $Bn on more and more elaborate weapons systems to challenge a non-existent threat. Our plan to destroy them is working, it got rid of the USSR, now China, just the USA to go.

Qz 16y ago
Whose plan?
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fleitz 16y ago
China is continually at war with their citizenry. I'm sure they'll find a use for it in Tibet.
- simc 16y ago
  Why? Do lamas have radar dishes installed in their foreheads?
- cabalamat 16y ago
  Air superiority fighters are not enormously useful in fighting against insurgents.
- jojogogo 16y ago
  Don't just read the newspaper your goverment gives you, Some times they are totally lies. How low the IQ a person have to get to think that your so called "citizenry war"(if it exists) need a fighter? Are you still thinking that the picture from Nepal's rebellion is from China? Oh your holly god , I strongly advise you to go to China find out by your own eyes!
phlux 16y ago
Considering they have been securing massive massive mineral resources in africa for the next 50-100 years, I am sure that we will be at war with them in the next 20.
- cabalamat 16y ago
  A hot war between the USA and China is unlikely, IMO. Both sides have the potential to face too much damage, even if nuclear weapons aren't used.
- veb 16y ago
  If there's war, it may be over Fresh Water instead...
  - bryanlarsen 16y ago
    Fresh water? That's the silliest thing I've heard in a while. Drinking water is easy to make from salt water, it's just more expensive than pumping it from a nearby lake. But making it is about a billion times cheaper than starting a war.
    - veb 16y ago
      Not according to National Geographic. Sorry, I can't find any links, but I have the magazine with me: ... "We're going to see rising tensions over shared water resources, including political disputes between farmers, between farmers and cities, and between human and ecological demands for water," says Peter Gleick, a water expert and president of the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California. "And I believe more of these tensions will lead to violence" In India: "We wake up every morning fighting over water," says Kamal Bhate, a local astrologer. In a nearby slum, a teenage boy was recently beaten to death for cutting in line. "Peace between Pakistan and India may hinge as much on water as on Nuclear weapons for the counties must share the glacier-dependent Indus" "The biggest question mark hangs over China, which controls the sources of the regions major rivers. It's damming of the Mekong has sparked anger downstream in Indochina. If Beijing follows through on tentative places to divert the Brahmaputra, it could provoke its rival, India, in the very region where the two countries fought a war in 1962." Back to what you said, Desalination leaves behind a concentrated brine, which can technically harm the environment and the water supply itself. "Brine discharges are especially tricky to dispose of and they're also raising the sanity parts of the Persian Gulf. The saltier the water becomes, the more expensive it becomes to desalinate." Desalination may be a billion dollars cheaper, but in the long term - it's not. (for now anyway). People who don't have a load of money will not be able to afford this water. What happens then? Quotes from April 2010 National Geographic.
cabalamat 16y ago
> So they begin to spend $Bn on more and more elaborate weapons systems to challenge a non-existent threat. The threat that this is a change to is primarily the USA's F-22. Which definitely exists.
- sdfdfgsdfgh 16y ago
  The combat range of both is less than diameter_pacific/2 so they are pretty safe. The US doesn't have any enemies within range of the Chinese jets and the US won't sell the F22 to anybody near china. They are both techno-wank projects to make generals feel cool and to keep a few aerospace companies in business. It took a while but we have finally corrupted them to be just like us - and we did the chinese as well!
  - crander 16y ago
    You do realize that an air superiority fighter can shoot down every other plane in the sky, and not just other fighters right? There are also battle groups with F-18s and AWACS planes and so on that are much nearer than the F22s in Hawaii.
  - cabalamat 16y ago
    > The US doesn't have any enemies within range of the Chinese jets The US has plenty of allies within range of the J-20, for example Taiwan, Korea, Japan. If China was to fight any of these countries, and the US got involved, air combat between the J-20 and F-22 is quite likely. > They are both techno-wank projects to make generals feel cool and to keep a few aerospace companies in business. There's an element of truth in that, yes. But it's been axiomatic in warfare from about 1940 onwards that air superiority is really important in a ground or naval campaign. (So they aren't just useless toys.) This is changing as UAVs and smart missiles take over roles currently performed by manned aircraft.
jojogogo 16y ago
Whatever you say bude, or you can just bomb Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia again.

So they begin to spend $Bn on more and more elaborate weapons systems to challenge a non-existent threat. Our plan to destroy them is working, it got rid of the USSR, now China, just the USA to go.

Qz 16y ago

Whose plan?

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fleitz 16y ago

China is continually at war with their citizenry. I'm sure they'll find a use for it in Tibet.

simc 16y ago
Why? Do lamas have radar dishes installed in their foreheads?
cabalamat 16y ago
Air superiority fighters are not enormously useful in fighting against insurgents.
jojogogo 16y ago
Don't just read the newspaper your goverment gives you, Some times they are totally lies. How low the IQ a person have to get to think that your so called "citizenry war"(if it exists) need a fighter? Are you still thinking that the picture from Nepal's rebellion is from China? Oh your holly god , I strongly advise you to go to China find out by your own eyes!

phlux 16y ago

Considering they have been securing massive massive mineral resources in africa for the next 50-100 years, I am sure that we will be at war with them in the next 20.

cabalamat 16y ago
A hot war between the USA and China is unlikely, IMO. Both sides have the potential to face too much damage, even if nuclear weapons aren't used.
veb 16y ago
If there's war, it may be over Fresh Water instead...
- bryanlarsen 16y ago
  Fresh water? That's the silliest thing I've heard in a while. Drinking water is easy to make from salt water, it's just more expensive than pumping it from a nearby lake. But making it is about a billion times cheaper than starting a war.
  - veb 16y ago
    Not according to National Geographic. Sorry, I can't find any links, but I have the magazine with me: ... "We're going to see rising tensions over shared water resources, including political disputes between farmers, between farmers and cities, and between human and ecological demands for water," says Peter Gleick, a water expert and president of the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California. "And I believe more of these tensions will lead to violence" In India: "We wake up every morning fighting over water," says Kamal Bhate, a local astrologer. In a nearby slum, a teenage boy was recently beaten to death for cutting in line. "Peace between Pakistan and India may hinge as much on water as on Nuclear weapons for the counties must share the glacier-dependent Indus" "The biggest question mark hangs over China, which controls the sources of the regions major rivers. It's damming of the Mekong has sparked anger downstream in Indochina. If Beijing follows through on tentative places to divert the Brahmaputra, it could provoke its rival, India, in the very region where the two countries fought a war in 1962." Back to what you said, Desalination leaves behind a concentrated brine, which can technically harm the environment and the water supply itself. "Brine discharges are especially tricky to dispose of and they're also raising the sanity parts of the Persian Gulf. The saltier the water becomes, the more expensive it becomes to desalinate." Desalination may be a billion dollars cheaper, but in the long term - it's not. (for now anyway). People who don't have a load of money will not be able to afford this water. What happens then? Quotes from April 2010 National Geographic.

cabalamat 16y ago

> So they begin to spend $Bn on more and more elaborate weapons systems to challenge a non-existent threat. The threat that this is a change to is primarily the USA's F-22. Which definitely exists.

sdfdfgsdfgh 16y ago
The combat range of both is less than diameter_pacific/2 so they are pretty safe. The US doesn't have any enemies within range of the Chinese jets and the US won't sell the F22 to anybody near china. They are both techno-wank projects to make generals feel cool and to keep a few aerospace companies in business. It took a while but we have finally corrupted them to be just like us - and we did the chinese as well!
- crander 16y ago
  You do realize that an air superiority fighter can shoot down every other plane in the sky, and not just other fighters right? There are also battle groups with F-18s and AWACS planes and so on that are much nearer than the F22s in Hawaii.
- cabalamat 16y ago
  > The US doesn't have any enemies within range of the Chinese jets The US has plenty of allies within range of the J-20, for example Taiwan, Korea, Japan. If China was to fight any of these countries, and the US got involved, air combat between the J-20 and F-22 is quite likely. > They are both techno-wank projects to make generals feel cool and to keep a few aerospace companies in business. There's an element of truth in that, yes. But it's been axiomatic in warfare from about 1940 onwards that air superiority is really important in a ground or naval campaign. (So they aren't just useless toys.) This is changing as UAVs and smart missiles take over roles currently performed by manned aircraft.

jojogogo 16y ago

Whatever you say bude, or you can just bomb Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia again.