I feel the need to bring up a few things in relation to government spending.
* China has purchased submarines and submarine tech from Russia and is now making their own (larger) variant of the Victor III class nuclear submarine (you remember, the one that got caught up in its own towed sonar array and surfaced right off our east coast?) called the 093. Up until this time they only had diesels which of course we liked because our ageing Los Angeles class submarine fleet could pick them up running full steam. Now they nearly have nearly the equivalent of seawolf class subs.
* China has purchased so called rocket torpedos from Russia (as early back as 1998) and was a substantial reason for why Russia did not want us to help them with the Kursk incident, the chinese were observing a test firing of the newest versions. Granted the torpedos are shoot and forget, but they are fast enough that a normal sumarine wouldn't be able to get out of the way (luckily they aren't too heavy and thus its possible a submarine could withstand a hit by one). However, it could punch through the hull of a normal ship (think aircraft carrier) prior to even detonating.
* The US has been starting to observe progressively larger fleet activity from China, in fact the incident involving our EP aircraft was part of this group of observers (it has all but been confirmed by the US government that was looking for one of China's 093 submarines).
There is a very real danger that another cold-war could develop while nobody pays attention to china because of the "terroists". One may damage our way of life for the moment, the other could change the entire world. Numbers from the 2003 DoD budget summary: $7.7 billion for tactical aircraft. $8.6 billion for shipbuilding. 4.1% increase in pay. Decrease in out of pocket expenses for personel from 11.3% to 7.5%.
There is a difference between big government and big executive branch. The military doesn't make laws, it doesn't enforce them.
* China has purchased submarines and submarine tech from Russia and is now making their own (larger) variant of the Victor III class nuclear submarine (you remember, the one that got caught up in its own towed sonar array and surfaced right off our east coast?) called the 093. Up until this time they only had diesels which of course we liked because our ageing Los Angeles class submarine fleet could pick them up running full steam. Now they nearly have nearly the equivalent of seawolf class subs.
* China has purchased so called rocket torpedos from Russia (as early back as 1998) and was a substantial reason for why Russia did not want us to help them with the Kursk incident, the chinese were observing a test firing of the newest versions. Granted the torpedos are shoot and forget, but they are fast enough that a normal sumarine wouldn't be able to get out of the way (luckily they aren't too heavy and thus its possible a submarine could withstand a hit by one). However, it could punch through the hull of a normal ship (think aircraft carrier) prior to even detonating.
* The US has been starting to observe progressively larger fleet activity from China, in fact the incident involving our EP aircraft was part of this group of observers (it has all but been confirmed by the US government that was looking for one of China's 093 submarines).
There is a very real danger that another cold-war could develop while nobody pays attention to china because of the "terroists". One may damage our way of life for the moment, the other could change the entire world. Numbers from the 2003 DoD budget summary: $7.7 billion for tactical aircraft. $8.6 billion for shipbuilding. 4.1% increase in pay. Decrease in out of pocket expenses for personel from 11.3% to 7.5%.
There is a difference between big government and big executive branch. The military doesn't make laws, it doesn't enforce them.
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