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Gates Fires At Carriers, Subs, EFV
DOD Buzz ^ | 5/6/10 | Clark

Posted on 05/06/2010 5:46:40 AM PDT by pabianice

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To: mbynack

Ok, perhaps I should have said like the Army if over-reliant on HumVEE’s, tracked vehicles, and tanks.


61 posted on 05/06/2010 9:44:19 AM PDT by Ro_Thunder ("Other than ending SLAVERY, FASCISM, NAZISM and COMMUNISM, war has never solved anything")
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The entire point of a Navy is to exert absolute control over the seas. Secretary Gates seems to think that simply trading ship-for-ship in any type of war would suit us just fine.


62 posted on 05/06/2010 10:12:21 AM PDT by swaimh ("... shall not be infringed." The most important four words of the Second Amendment)
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To: pabianice
"But, consider the massive over-match the U.S. already enjoys."

Let's consider that Gates is an idiot.

63 posted on 05/06/2010 10:17:41 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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