As a Wisconsin resident - Wisconsin has a long history of supporting the military. Wisconsin ship yards were repurposed from building Great Lakes transport vessells to Navy ships during WWII, a tradition that carries on today. The biggest ammunition plant in America was the Badger Ammunition Plant outside of Baraboo,…

Not really anything wrong with doing it this way. If the ship can’t survive that, then you don’t want it on open ocean anyway. If you’re really concerned, build it in a dry dock instead.

Make no mistake China is eyeing the Russian Far East and has for many years. They'll wait for the right moment, then strike. All that land and all those resources. Who would be on Russia's side or stick their neck out for them against China. China has integrated more and more into the world economy. Russia has just…

You do realize that if you have to suddenly build and equip a massive production infrastructure, plus man it, it will take years. Then you have to train the techs and machinists to build the aircraft. Then you have to train the aircrews and pilots. Then you have to develop tactics to effectively use the weapons…

What, because the politicians couldn’t still screw that one up? ;)

The US can definitely afford all the F35s it wants to buy. The question is how many the voters want to pay for, not whether the country’s rich enough.

Third options: new weapon systems are bloody expensive.

Thanks Tomcat.

I was just thinking about that. It looks like their goal is to strike fear into everyone who opposes them. But ultimately, it can only lead to their downfall, because every reasonable person is opposing them.

i still don’t understand ISIS public relations. death to USA!! let’s kill each other too!! wait.. what?

Well I can’t prosecute these people, why the fuck are you bothering me with this

Cool story bro.

Netanyahu would whip your punk ass.

If I were in charge of the Mossad, I’d totally put a honey badger on my insignia.

“if the rumor that the F-35 is below expectations in the 1v1 arena“

That’s more rounds than found on Eurofighter, Rafale, Su-35...

“They do not like the fact that all the saber rattling is calls for their destruction “ LOL so they’re not suppose to take that seriously?

The “right” lied to us? Oh shut the fuck up. Seriously, shut the fuck up. There was more bipartisan support for the Iraq war than there ever has been before or since.

Iran does not want the bomb because it feels threatened. It wants the bomb to threaten others.