[Jeff Head]

FYI...an article I published today while working on Volume V of my series.

Got to run to an eye doctor appointment now...will check back in on this later.

[Dubya]

Thats very intresting.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the article!

[cyn]

YIKES -- thanks for posting this and for the ping.

Especially, thanks for taking our heads like one would a 2 year old's head to ensure attention is focused where it needs to be . . .

ping for FL engineer, fyi in case.

[LS]

Jeff, just ordered vol. 4.

[LS]

Jeff, just as a caution---and I worked on Soviet weapons threats as my secondary area for about 15 years, mainly Soviet naval developments---what often appears as "highly capable" or "advanced technology" on the surface has almost universally proven to be far less capable once we found out the "innards" of these systems.

The best example was the "Alpha" submarine---a titanium-hulled, super-fast attack sub supposedly capable of 45 kn. One small problem: we later learned that it could ONLY attain this speed for VERY short bursts. The sub, like a drag racer, had to be towed to its patrol lanes. It could not sustain its speed for any length of time, and it was known in the Navy as a "grenade": pull the pin and watch it blow up.

Or consider the MiG-25 "Foxbat," once thought to be a terrifying B-1 killer because of its high speeds. Yet we learned that it was still using vacuum-tube technology; had a terrible turn radius; and could go straight like a bat out of hell . . . but do little else well.

I'm not saying that the Russkies and Chinese can't build quality stuff. I am saying that it is as great a danger to overestimate an enemy's capabilities as it is to underestimate them.

[SuperLuminal]

As A.E.N. used to say: "What? Me worry?"

I have no doubt (snicker) that another huge "criminal alien" amnesty program being proposed by those who lead us will more than offset any military advances the chicoms make.