>>>>>>>Luckily everybody plays nice in the world.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/20/railgun-laser-weapon-lose-senate-funding-face-uncertain-future/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I guess if nothing else, the UN and NATO can protect us.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Or we could buy advanced weapons from China after we give them the west coast to pay down some of our debt.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Remind me . How many carriers does China have ?
>>>>>
>>>>>Try this search..
>>>>>http://www.google.com/search?q=china+aircraft+carrier&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
>>>>
>>>>The correct answer is 1 and thats not quite ready yet and I'd say there are considerable questions over what they have to put on it.. You have 11. Thats eleven times as many not a typo.
>>>
>>>Good thing peace loving countries like China, Russia, Iran and others aren't busy designing, testing, and deploying anti-ship missiles designed specifically to remove US aircraft carriers.
>>>
>>>Good thing they aren't busily designing, testing, and deploying ultra-quiet submarines along with high speed torpedoes and the above mentioned anti-ship missiles designed specifically to remove US aircraft carriers and their support ships.
>>>
>>>Good thing they aren't selling these to countries like North Korea, Pakistan, and others who want the same capabilities.
>>>
>>>Right Nick?
>>
>>Next thing they'll be sinking your battleships.
>>
>>Military hardware evolves to face whatever threat is new. US military spending dwarfs every other countries.
>
>Thank you for validating my initial point - The US is busily stopping advanced technology projects.

And what do you think should be happening ?