US Army Expects Major War Within 5 Years
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Stave as in a vertical plank? I guess those, with Shields are purely defensive. You really need pikes, that'll hold 'em off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stick-fighting
If fighting with sticks is a violation of HSE....should we not take a second look at the dropping of Bombs on folks as there must be some risk associated with that kind of conduct? We would not want to hurt anyone by doing so would we?
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Please pay attention to the disclaimer at the end of page 2 of Mr Thompson's piece. (Several of the Army’s equipment suppliers are contributors to my think tank and/or consulting clients.) Remember, this article was written for Forbes, which caters to business. Who is his audience for that piece? People who make money selling stuff to the Army.
Anyway, pretty clear worthless piece of marketing garbage to anyone with an IQ bigger than their shoe size.
Albeit, we do live in an increasingly unstable world, that's for sure.
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The US Army is probably better prepared than any of its allied nation's military forces to engage in a major armed conflict
Because the heavy units needed for a sustained campaign are thousands of miles away, a population that is weary of overseas wars may be reluctant to send them, and many host nations will vacillate over the need to have them there.
maybe that's why.
maybe that's why.
If Trump is elected we won't have to worry about a war with Russia. He will just give his buddy Vladimir whatever he wants in exchange for building a yuge Trump tower in Moscow.
Rick, I'd recommend leaving the US politics hamsterwheel material in Jet Blast. Trying to predict what an already elected president might do is uncertain enough. Predicting what someone not yet elected might, will, or can do is pissing in the wind. (Just make sure you do that down wind).
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The Pantex plant dismantled all the neutron bombs during the first Bush Presidency. When tested, the test results for the Neutron Bomb showed a performance level that did not approach even closely, the original scientific calculations - so they were deemed strategically useless, and they were all dismantled.
Though It Seems Crazy Now, the Neutron Bomb Was Intended to Be Humane
Though It Seems Crazy Now, the Neutron Bomb Was Intended to Be Humane
Sadly, it's gotten to be a habit since about 1917 when the rest of the world showed quite clearly that it can't police itself. sad but true. I too wish that the urge to meddle was not succumbed to so frequently.
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but there are loads of posts on here from people in the USA bemoaning lack of US action and wanting continued intervention in Syria, Libya, the S China Sea (onset next crisis here).........................
the problem is people are reluctant to believe that doing nothing maybe better than doing something........................
the problem is people are reluctant to believe that doing nothing maybe better than doing something........................
As to knowing when to act and when to hold the cards close to the vest ... that's art, not science.