We did sign UNCLOS we just didn’t ratify, which seems like splitting hairs, but does have different legal meanings. We are a signatorie and a party of the treaty. We observe the treaty as well in practice. Lack of ratification only means the US government hasn’t bound itself to follow the rules if we decide to do…

This kind of the exception that proves my point.

It supposed to last til 2038... It's already the oldest deplorable ship in the navy.

They are two sides of the same coin. As for democracies the example given is Serbia, I wouldn’t call them much of a democracy at the time, certainly not an established one, that whole region was in chaos at the time and it was really a Yugo Civil War thing...

Best post I've seen in a long while...

Correct low cost production has been moving away from China for awhile now and is likely to increase.

They sailed within 12 miles last year of Alaska while the president was there. They have no legitmate claim at all.

We can’t allow precedent to be set that countries can do whatever they want without protests, it’s not even really about China it’s all the other shoals that could be miltarized around the world.

We do not use Chinese components in any of our military hardware.

None of our military equipment is sourced from China at all. One reason avionics for planes and ships cost so much is that they are made by custom very low volume companies, in the US or select few allies.

It would be a huge blow and cause a massive recession but it wouldn't take long to move production to other poor nations, some are already cheaper than China today.

Not the tone I would take but it is true that Vietnam, Indonesia, etc can make our junk just as well.

At least it's not just another YouTube video article. I thought it was funny.

The kiwis don’t have any fighter planes at all, Canada at least has 60+ legacy hornets, though the larger point is taken. Being in the middle of nowhere with no oil/minerals to covet and whose foreign policy is to pretend that NZ doesn’t exist at all works for now.

This is what you get when you give up combat aircraft and instead rely on those drunken Aussies for your protection... It’s like hiring the Hells Angels to do your national defense and then being surprised when they do some ridiculous shit.

F-35C post

F-35 will be a great asset when complete

Check it my F-35C Grim Reapers

General consensus is that the JHMCS on the SH in 1999 exceeded anything the Russians have publicly fielded. After the first Cold War westerners had access to inspect Soviet weapons long feared, most turned out to be far less capable than imagined. India buys Israeli avionics over Russian these days.

The Grim Reapers of VFA-101 are the first line Squadron to operate the F-35C.