You overestimate the utility of An-2s and underestimate our ability to deal with them en masse. We have a lot of ‘look down’ radar aircraft that would be perfect for picking up An-2s and I am sure that every single F-16 pilot would love to have the opportunity to become aces shooting down WWII and Korean era aircraft.…

In many ways you are right, as the vehicles and small arms are largely the same as in 1950, the ammunition is and I wouldnt be surprised if their canned rations are the same. What percentage of the trucks, tanks, APCs and mobile artillery do you think are actually functional? How many vehicles do you think that North…

You are an economic illiterate as well as being a military idiot, lol. What ‘tempo’ is Putin setting, other than the rate at which the Russian economy pisses away money it desperately needs? Since the invasin of Crimea, the Ukrainian economy fell by $50 billion gdp and is already recovering, the hryvnia has stabilized…

You are an idiot.

You are a complete and utter moron, lol. China needs us a great deal more than we need them and you are stupid if you are unable to realize that we have the Chinese by the balls and can squeeze anytime necessary.

Won what?

You are an idiot.

And so you think that has to do with President Obama rather than the Republican statement that they would do whatever it took to undermine his presidency even before he was sworn in to office?

At what number of US military deaths do you suggest we respond? If China blows up an RC-135 thats ok, but if they destroy a destroyer it isnt? At some level of aggression you have to drop the boom on them, although we have allowed attacks on other US Navy assets without triggering a conflict.

The wars in Vietnam and the Middle East were lost the day we committed troops to either of those fights, as the US military sucks at insurgencies and flag officers arent selected for intelligence or imagination. The status quo is maintained by the promotion and selection process and anyone who steps out of line,…

The biggest problem is no one, including the Chinese government or their banking system knows how good or bad things are there. The current Chinese economy is built on so many lies, cooked books and fraudulent misrepresentations that the bottom has already dropped out of international investment in any Chinese…

You dont know shit, really. You have a great deal more faith in the Chinese government and their economy than the Chinese do, or anyone who used to invest in China.

The Chinese government used to have ~$1.5 trillion in US securities and unwound hundreds of billions of that in the last few years and the market didnt even notice. China was forced to sell US instruments to cover their own losses in their own economies and to prop up their currency and so sold Treasuries on very…

Your comment is ridiculous, lol. The US is in no danger by the amount of Treasury instruments owned by China. There are any number of investors, sovereign money fund etc that would snap up any US debt up for sale and it would be a far more deleterious event for China to do so.

The owners of the phone are dead, no one has standing to assert that anyone’s rights were violated, even if the phone itself passed to another person’s ownership.

No chain of evidence problems at all. Evidence frequently finds itself out of the hands of the government in any number of cases without ill effect, it just requires that everyone with access or contact with the evidence be known.

Such keys already exist for every car ever made, regadless of any chip protection on the key or car itself. Every locksmith has access to such information directly or indirectly.

Yes, a conviction would be the goal of such an extraction from the phone. There are believed to be additional conspirators who might be subject to criminal prosecution if discovered.

Chain of custody is still maintained even if the phone is outside government control. All that is required is knowing who had possession or access to it.

Apple doesnt believe in anything but making money and stashing it overseas so they can avoid paying taxes to the country that made their business success possible.