Re: Jane's on Naval `electric weapons'

From: Alfio Puglisi (puglisi@arcetri.astro.it)
Date: Tue Jun 24 2003 - 04:54:29 MDT

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    On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Mike Lorrey wrote:

    >Are you assuming that there will be some nation capable of catching up
    >with US military technological progress? This flies in the face of
    >Moore's Law and what we know about technological singularities. It is
    >known that several nations are desperate to do so (witness the Chinese
    >looting of a US electronics surveillance plane a couple years ago), but
    >without our culture of liberty, free enterprise, and intellectual
    >freedom, they just don't have the mental infrastructure to do so.

    Don't forget the budget. US military spending is approaching $400
    billions, while China is around $47 billions. I think it's more an issue
    of how much you are willing/capable to spend than anything else.

    (source: http://www.cdi.org/budget/2004/world-military-spending.cfm)

    ... and I'm surprised that my country, with its non-existant army, is up
    there with $20 billions! Time for some budget cutting...

    Ciao,
    Alfio



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