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There are times when you want the enemy to come at you so you know what they've got up. A stealthy UAV ain't going to elicit a fighter sweep nor light up the SAM radars.

No, it's a modified J-7/MiG-21. Still, I have questions about its effectiveness since PLA bellycrawlers and birdbrains don't talk to each other very well.

To which I would readily agree but it should not hide the tremendous amount of work still to be done.

Don't take the facade at face value. China still has a long way to go, especially with portable water and sewage problems.

Sat birds don't give you the realtime intel you need at times.

It is not all America's fault. They're not the ones who are doing the hating. However, it is 100% their responsibility and that they have to fix but that is only through the security situation. You cannot force someone to unhate others.

Goes to show that you have to be careful with all sources. In the case of the RAdm, me a simple 3 bar, a bellycrawler 3 bar from Canuckia was not going to challenge his assertions. However, having met Cmdr Bill Murray who let it be known that the RAdm is ... I'll leave it unsaid, you had to...

Actually, the idea has been touted by USN RAdm (Ret'd) Eric McVadon who has written alot about the China threat. Let's just say that his subordinates have no clue where he gets his idea.

The heat generated by re-entry will blind any IR eye. People are just ignoring the simple physics of the idea. You're talking about a missile traveling at Mach 5+. Just how much steering can you expect? Not even the Americans have mastered the use of real time satellite targeting and the...

In the case of the original article, there are roads designed to be seconded as runways and also the RoCAF have 2ndary runways that are not used and hiddened.

Actually, no, the damage would be one ship and may not be the carrier. Anyone remembers the Falklands War will recall that Prince Andrews was flying decoy replicating the sigs of the HMS ARKROYAL and HMS INVINCIBLE. And the Americans today is far more advance than the Brits back then in...

Why use a strategic option when there are plenty of tactical AShM options?

Not this again. No, it is NOT possible for ballastic missiles to hit a moving target.

You still to craft a legal order based on a finding of facts. Saddam's failure to live up UNSC Resolutions are facts. Saddam's intentions is an unknown, not fact.

Some things in war don't change. Killing is one of them and killing by starvation is an age old tactic. However, what you kill and how you kill has changed over time. Obviously since we're no longer issued the short sword. In today's battlefield, the main fight is the recee (reconnaissance)...

Public opinions aside, it would be clearly an illegal order to which the US military by law must refuse.

It would be very legally difficult to goto war on what Saddam MIGHT do instead of what he has done.

Did 6 over in my career and I was not looking forward to not having indoor plumbing for six more months the last time around.

I would argue that war is a young man's game. Those who crashed airplanes into highrises and bombing London were not the poor and desperate.

I don't think the Israelis got the balls to play dirty, at least not at the Balkan, Russian-Chechen level. Your 2nd suggestion can lead to other consequences. One of the side effects of the Chinese GPCR was to tear Tibetan youths against their elders. Beijing replaced the Dali Lama with Mao...