Comments by "Diana Pennepacker" (@dianapennepacker6854) on "" video.

For sure. Sometimes it is better to wait for advances before creating something. I think the Zumwalt and LCS were ahead of their time. With ideas on modularity, easy to upgrade software, and advanced in computers were just not there yet. I think they would have been much better if they were on the drawing boards now compared to then. Also the Osprey. Even though it is the safest VTOL aircraft in service was ahead of its time too. The V 280 is a good example of then and now technology. Let's hope they work. In twenty years we will be seeing more tilt rotors I think simply due to electric motors, and batteries becoming more powerful. Much easier tilting an electric motor. (Not full EV, but hybrids.) Yet if they attempted that now I don't think it would be a good aircraft. Now we just need long stand off missiles that we can spam from cargo planes that are cheap, and with stealth.
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@Psych1_- Yes we thought globalization was the answer. Peace never lasts it seems. The way the military industrial complex sort of merged into a few giant companies is also a huge issue. They are straight up price gouging tax payers. America cannot compete 1:1 against China. They have the resources mostly, and a much bigger population that is educated. They get more bang for the buck too as far as spending goes. Luckily America for the moment has a lot of allies. So we aren't alone. Yet if we don't do our best we will lose.
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@aboutwhat1930 For sure. Ukraine isn't asking for man power. Just give them weapons. Test weapons except for our electronic warfare stuff. The way I see it. Never in the world since I've been alive has our military budget or weapons been put to such good use as they have been in Ukraine. Dollar for dollar we are getting the deal of a generation. They are bleeding Russia dry with so many disadvantages. It is insane how well they've done honestly. I actually don't understand why Republicans support Isreal as much as Ukraine. What happened to that party? They've completely lost their collective minds since Obama became president. They want to cozy up to Putin who would like nothing else better than to destroy America or weaken us. It is wild. Reagan and Nixon must be rolling in their graves. I will take a Nixon clone please. Even someone like Reagan as far as military spending went.
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@jjjr.1186 I didn't say China had more resources. I said they have enough resources with the exception of oil. They have rare earths locked down at the moment. Most of what you said is true. Like I said China will over match us in the future at this rate. Look at the rate they are pumping out platforms to counter us. It isn't even comparable at all. The number of stealth jets will over take us soon, and you realize that right? Their supply chains are efficent. Purposed built. Ours are not, and scattered. Our Military industrial Complex is inefficient compared to theirs. Especially when they keep stealing designs. Again the cost parity IS leagues different. Ours is focused on profit. Nickle and diming us. Chinas is focused on production. They are pumping out versions of their own much faster for less, period. It doesn't have to be better. Just good enough or not trash. War is a also a numbers game, especially when you have to cross an ocean to attack. The CCP can swivel on a dime. Force workers to do what they want without bureaucracy. They are not spending billions in military conflicts over seas. Much of our weapons goes to our allies. They have over a billion more people. Their schools are expanding, and are doing better. I'm sorry, but it is people like you who underestimate China, and the reason we will lose. They are catching up fast. If their long range missiles perform as they claim. Then US carriers can't even attack China without being vulnerable to getting hit themselves. US power is waining, because we aren't focused. China for all its woes does not have this issue. They are catching up very very very fast. I give it ten years, especially when our companies care more for profit then anything else.
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