On 7 Aug 2018 16:45:22 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
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>Since it's coming out of the Defense Dept and involves budget matters, it
>harkens back to the good ole days of "threat inflation" from the 1980s where
>everyone lies to get their share of the overall budget.
Actually, USNI is a private non-profit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Institute
In his speech, Robert Work was calling for judiciousness in our
defense spending. "Put the $700 billion into areas that really
matter, like artificial intelligence"
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>I've been looking (unsuccessfully!) for the article I've read about seeing
>Chinese state-of-the-art aircraft on display doesn't necessarily mean they can
>manufacture them as reliable aircraft with all systems working as advertised.
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I would be interested in reading that article. Seriously, there is no
reason the Chinese should have an easier time building advance
aircraft than we do. Just how far behind the original schedule are we
with the F-35? How many F-22s didn't we build?
The Chinese have several major advantages: no profit margin in defense
acquisitions, minimal internal political considerations and a first
rate, world class industrial espionage program which enables them to
annex technology instead of incurring the expense of creating
everything from scratch.
--
"Reluctantly I have concluded that President Trump is a serious threat to US
national security. He is refusing to protect vital US interests from active
Russian attacks. It is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the
sway of Mr Putin."
-Barry R McCaffrey, Gen (ret) U.S.Army
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