Having your sailors disarmed and kneeling down with their hands above their heads, on their own ship, is pretty much the definition of humiliation in military terms.

And guess what Kerry’s response to this humiliation was?

Half of an F-35?

Are you aware that you missed three zeros there?

Somehow the author forgot to mention perhaps the most important thing: by having its three main engines stowed aboard, the Shuttle had far more reusability than Buran. Buran required a brand new, expensive huge rocket with every launch. The shuttle only required a new tank, refurbished main engines and refurbished and…