Another advantage to Australia is that it is closer to China, but not too close. There is already much worry about US air and naval bases in Japan being too susceptible to Chinese land based missiles. Australia would be close enough for strike capabilities, but far enough away not to be pre-emptively attacked by…
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It’s true, I use a lot of their designs as references for more realism. They did provide vehicles for the 2nd movie which were also produced in toy form.
Really good point...but not many want us there, much less a CVBG. They have to worry about China as a next door neighbor and economic source.
That’s expecting that whoever China gets into a scrap with, won’t possess the ability to sink, or highly damage, their sole aircraft carrier. If they lose it, they do not have the infrastructure to replace it anytime soon— unless they can find another one to buy, which would still require a year + to retrofit,…
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Listen to the pundits roar
Region under tension
You’ll never make Nanking your whore
And the firebombing of many many Japanese cities had already resulted in even greater death tolls than what Fat Man and Little Boy produced. And honestly, I think having used those weapons in WWII and seeing them first hand is part of what has prevented anybody using them again since.
When asked on all the overtargeting of Soviet targets, LeMay supposedly said ‘I want the rubble to dance’
Turns out H Bombs aren't precision weapons unless you are precisely trying to destroy everything.
I used to live in one of the apartment buildings near the Pentagon. I was always highly amused at the nuclear shelter signs on the buildings. What, I’m going to shelter in a building next to the Pentagon? I’m not going to be protected from fallout...I’m going to be fallout. I’ll just go up on the roof and watch the…
I think, in the event of a nuclear exchange, the possibility of being hauled before a court for law of armed conflict violations is probably pretty low on the “critical vulnerabilities” list.
Oh, but there’s a twisted argument that that is the good guys’ strategy— a counter value strike (as opposed to a counterforce strike aimed at nuclear weapons and their delivery and command assets) ) is by its nature a second strike strategy. The notion is, if you have a no-first strike policy ( and we did for decades)…
Try living in Dayton near Wright-Patterson AFB. We looked at reports detailing what a nuclear strike would do to Dayton and the surrounding areas in school. I took some solace in the fact that a wall of fire would engulf me before I could feel sorry for myself and my loved ones.
Well, MAD is not short for MADMSO, or Mutually Assured Destruction of Military Sites Only.
I’m sorry, what did you think Mutually Assured Destruction meant? That was the whole point. Nuclear deterrence is all about the idea that if you attack, you won’t have a country left, even if you “win”.
This story gets sadder and sadder. Having two immediate family members who are NY National Guardsmen, they were already mouring their two lost comrades. Then yesterday, I found out that SSgt Taub was the brother of the chef at one of the best sandwich shops in DC, Bub and Pops, where I eat frequently.
Nothing says luxury VIP transport like a plastic fan.
Ha...ha...ha.
It probably seemed like a good idea at the time even if they regret it now.
Saab has a better chance at making a comeback than Bernie has at getting the nomination