On 3/27/2020 3:17 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 3/27/20 2:21 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/27/2020 1:36 PM, John wrote:
On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:25:55 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 3/27/2020 11:14 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 3/27/20 11:08 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/27/2020 11:03 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 3/27/20 10:58 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/27/2020 10:28 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 3/27/20 10:10 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


It didn't take a Chinese hyper-sonic cruise missile
to put a US aircraft carrier out of commission.

All it took was a virus.


Does it matter? We should scrap at least half the navy and stop
wasting money on big new ships.


It does cause one to realize how vulnerable we may be everywhere
to biological warfare.





We're not about to get into a shooting war with a nuclear power and
the terrorists around the world aren't stymied by their comrades
being killed en masse, so what's the point? These ships are
vulnerable.

Better we should build more hospital ships and dispatch them where
needed around the world. We'd be spending far less and building good
will.


You don't seem to understand what an aircraft carrier and the task
forces they operate with are for.

They are a mobile extension of our ability to defend the USA
globally.

They are not to go fight a nuclear war.


Defend us from who? The Russians, the Chinese? The North Koreans?
Nuclear powers? Venezuela?



Anybody who poses a threat, regardless of where they are or who they
are.

It's a unique capability that no other nation has and many
depend on ... via our NATO agreements.

https://www.medentmobile.com/portal/...ce_id=BbnhDGah

According to liberals, like Harry, no other nations pose a threat to
the US.
Russia and China are not spending money on weapons. Or are they?

Of course they are.Â* China is the world's second largest defense spender
and is a major arms exporter.Â* Some of the weapons technology is more
advanced than ours.

and according to Defense News:

"Russian defense budget remains the third largest in the world,
dwarfing the military expenditures of most European states combined."


According to IISS, the USA blows $684 billion on the military; China,
$181 billion; Saudi Arabia, $78 billion; Russia, $61.6 billion...


Good thing, huh?

I think your data is in error or obsolete.

"China spent $250 billion on its military in 2018, an increase of 83%
during the period from 2009 through 2018. The U.S., as noted, spent $649
billion, but that represents a reduction of 17% during the same period."

But probably more importantly:

Total Chinese military budget in 1989 was $18 billion. The figure rose
to $250 billion in 2018.

"It could be argued that China actually outspends the U.S. on its
military when personnel costs and purchasing power are taken into
account. In fact, Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley made that argument in
front of a Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee in May 2018."

source:

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/043015/us-vs-china-military-budget.asp

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