Typical modern war is net loss for every participant. The US could probably do without China but US partners would not. Australia, Japan, South Korea etc. would at some point break rank.
The US and Taiwan don't have military alliance. The Taiwan Relations Act is carefully worded to avoid any commitment and maintain strategic ambiguity and keep both sides in check. The strategic interest of the US is…
There are two possibilities: 1. it's practical impossibility to make unarmed nuclear warhead to explode spontaneously. The worst thing that can happen is conventional explosion that spreads the contents into the sea. 2.…
Power efficiency makes lasers in fighters problematic. The current cutting edge lasers have 35 percent efficiency. If you heat the target with 100 kW power, the fighter absorbs 300 kW of heat. You can use fuel to absorb…
Reflective mirror surface is good for stealth if the angle is right.
Despite what other commentators say, mirrors would work in theory. In fact lasers themselves have mirrors. High quality mirror material with > 99.8% reflectivity near infrared region would do the job. Multi layer metal…
Paying for informants is one of the most efficient uses of government money. It's not a large sum.
Root causes for this mess: * Navy culture where chronic sleep deprivation is used as substitute for battlefield heroics. Navy aviators have enough sleep scheduled. Surface Navy has not seen battle for ages. Being tired…
Typical modern war is net loss for every participant. The US could probably do without China but US partners would not. Australia, Japan, South Korea etc. would at some point break rank.
The US and Taiwan don't have military alliance. The Taiwan Relations Act is carefully worded to avoid any commitment and maintain strategic ambiguity and keep both sides in check. The strategic interest of the US is…
There are two possibilities: 1. it's practical impossibility to make unarmed nuclear warhead to explode spontaneously. The worst thing that can happen is conventional explosion that spreads the contents into the sea. 2.…
Power efficiency makes lasers in fighters problematic. The current cutting edge lasers have 35 percent efficiency. If you heat the target with 100 kW power, the fighter absorbs 300 kW of heat. You can use fuel to absorb…
Reflective mirror surface is good for stealth if the angle is right.
Despite what other commentators say, mirrors would work in theory. In fact lasers themselves have mirrors. High quality mirror material with > 99.8% reflectivity near infrared region would do the job. Multi layer metal…
Paying for informants is one of the most efficient uses of government money. It's not a large sum.
Root causes for this mess: * Navy culture where chronic sleep deprivation is used as substitute for battlefield heroics. Navy aviators have enough sleep scheduled. Surface Navy has not seen battle for ages. Being tired…