On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 9:23 AM <[email protected]> wrote: *> We, even under Donaldo, didn't build in hypersonic missiles of previous > discussions (which is faster).*
So what? They have their ideas about what would make a good weapon and we have ours, I don't think we should feel obligated to build every sort of weapon that any other country in the world has. Last year Russia spent 65 billion dollars on defense and the USA spent 801 billion dollars on defense, I think that's enough especially when you consider that however much US money is wasted on inefficiency and corruption it is TRIVIAL compared to the waste and corruption inherent in the Russian system that extends every step of the way from Vladimir Putin all the way down to the lowliest supply sergeant. Corruption is simply part of the Russian military culture and is probably the primary reason the Russian army has performed so poorly in Ukraine. *> The democrats love ad hominem attacks* Thank goodness Donald Trump would never dream of doing anything like that! > *Pelosi should be able to talk with whomever she wants.* Nobody is denying that, but is it wise of her to do so, is the potential risk worth the potential reward? I tend to think it is not. *> One pundit viewed the Germans and the EU simply wishing to be a large > Switzerland (neutral) and purchase Russian gas,* That may have been the view before Russia invaded Ukraine but not now. *> Another matter is, I still view fusion technology as easier to do in > space or maybe even nuke subs, over commercial power, * > You don't need fusion to make a nuclear submarine, and with Tokamaks, the most promising type of fusion reactor, the larger they are the better they work, and that indicates it would be easier (but still far from easy) to make a large commercial power plant than a small one powering a ship. John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> fpp -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2uVNrS27BnP3GFAfq3pTQOoxosfKTytSG1KFhPdD8wGA%40mail.gmail.com.
