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Sure it bothers me. I'm not sure it would bother me less if somebody else bought it in my absence, given the end-state is largely the same. And we cannot out-produce them to marginalize them, not if we "rig off every beach" tried (which by the way, I think would be great anyways). Believe...

I know what you are getting at, but IIRC, the vast majority of Alaskan production (for instance) ends up in the far East. This isn't like corn where we can dial it up and down completely at a whim domestically.

Everything outside Benghazi is a target?

What prevents merchantmen from arming themselves?

^^ Last I'd heard, there was only going to be an April board for 2011, but that has clearly changed. I didn't mean to speak to reliability, just tempering my hopes.

This is quite different from what had been advertised / feared of late. It also seems to have been written in July, so...

Stupid question: What was more important to the Marine Corps' adoption of a STOVL fixed wing attack craft: a) the ability to operate off amphibious ships, or b) the ability to operate on short / unimproved airfields ashore?

Are Marine STOVL strike fighters meant to operate without airborne early warning, command and control, and all the other support a big carrier provides? Differentiation seems to be very important, but could it also be prohibitively expensive for a "seldom-used" capability, (especially if...

Is it really though? I have some trouble believing it is really a problem at all, but I don't know any of the specifics of these machines and I've long since forgotten the particulars of back-scatter detection in general. I stood in one before this all became a big deal, so joke's on me I...

This thread is worthless without pics...

Economist muttered something about potential cross-training with the French to incubate / hibernate the Fleet Air Arm until the F-35 arrives...

People DOR because they don't like it?

#ref!

Sadistic? Dunno. What I do know, is I think less of Middle Eastern legal systems (and consequentially their cultures) because they encourage the kind of nonsense you seem to perscribe above. It is exactly the zero-sum, feud-fueling mentality that keeps that part of the world from playing...

Only flown a couple kinds of gliders, but looks like spoilers; in case he has to put it down.

Some cultures just find themselves beeing rebooted from time to time. It's ok. I'm beginning to believe they just don't last that long or really providd that much value on their own anyways. :)

Reading always helps. But yes, anti-gun is not exactly disqualifying criteria for Republicans in California.

I am suddenly reminded of the New Jersey Education Comissioner, Bret Schundler. To paraphrase: "No, I won't resign. You can fire me so I can collect severance."

Because of this thread, God is clubbing a baby seal.

Did you add and leave out words on purpose?

"Enjoy" is such a... strong word.

^^ Can you even commission reserve from AFROTC like you can in the Army?

Second this.

Enlisting to go BUDS with a college degree, attriting, and going on to flight school is not unheard of. Pretty sure a guy on this board did it. Also heard a story about a guy from my home town who was getting PT'd in the surf, looked up and saw jets, DOR'd and went on to fly Marines.

That's not exactly normal career progression for the general of a major command to go back to theatre command is it? More curious to see how Petraeus is going to handle all this than anything.

Rare earths are only occasionally used in very specific types of batteries. China has a monopoly on rare earth metals, not lithium. It takes many years and lots of capital to develop a mine before it even begins to produce under favorable conditions. Security considerations certainly...

It's true AND substantial...

Gold.

What deficiences does the force we are building today have when it comes to taking on a large conventional foe? Is it easier to ramp up a counter insurgency force to face China, or visa versa?

What is GAWN? Is it a Jersey thing?

My impression was you just tell it where to end up, and it figures out how to get through the hole... terrifying.

Well that's a loaded statistic... in more way than one on this board!

If you actually have asthma, yes. What you need to figure out is whether or not you have asthma. You need to consult a physician.

I was under the impression Wikipedia is just as inaccurate as Britannica. While I believe the Israeli's are likely more justified in this situation than the boat clowns, it appears they have played right into the hands of their detractors. This does not surprise me, and will probably end...

What are the advantages to storage of aircraft topside vs. below decks?

Acception is the new knolwedges.

This thread can ONLY get better.

While I suppose unfortunate, that is hilarious.

What scale maps do they use? At 1:10,000 scale 10m is only 1mm. Not exactly much room for error. Or are these mapless compass courses, and all you've got is your pace?

Do tell.

You may want to go to a specialist and have a methacholine challenge test done. Test can be expensive though. If safely able, continue to work your cardio and these "asthmatic" symptoms may even go away. I'm curious, when was the last time you actually used the inhaler, and in what kind...

So... is it from something or is it supposed to mean something?

So, do the Chinese design anything?

No, I'm flattered.

As much as I find him interesing, why would he be requried reading at Harvard? Was the voyage of the Great White Fleet really that big a deal in shaping policy? Or was it more an example of our policy of the time?

Maybe you don't want to elaborate it publically, but I for one, am always interested to hear rants about East Asian cultures one has lived among...

Even so, 40% still seems like a lot for admin...

I don't intend to discount the added complexities of deepwater drilling. I am under the impression, however, that this was a preventable accident, regardless of its nature a deepwater project.