[Ron61]

Perry,

I never said all of their stuff was advanced over ours but what they have in service and what we are working on is to different things. Plus they have almost a 2 to 1 superiority in subs and other things. What we have on the drawing board and are testing won't help much if we have to have it right now. Such as the new advanced fighter that crashed a day or so ago. How long before it will actually be of any real value, due to having to be tested and then modified and built? I know that you are still involved in that stuff and I am not any more, but I do know from my distant past the military always gets first shot at most new technology. It is the time to perfect it and make it actually operational and useful that we seem to lag in. Russia has no concern for the safety of their pilots and men so they just push new stuff right out and into service while we spend time trying to make it as safe as possible. I do like some of the new unmanned drones, but the one that made the completely uncontrolled flight to London and back just on the computer program and with no human at the control panel was impressive. But they will still need a human to make a final decision and any more with no real armies in uniforms, how can even a person be sure who is enemy and who is friendly? I believe out tanks are definitely superior, but I fear the next war won't be with tanks and conventional bombs unless we can reign in the people like that inbred maniac in North Korea.
I believe it was Einstein that said, "I am not sure what World War 3 will be fought with, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones."

Ron