purhaps if you made your remarks more adequetly, less confusion would arise. :rolleyes:

My comments were pretty straight forward and comprehensible. Only one with damaged and/or missing brain cells would make a mistake understanding them. :rolleyes:

and which ‘side’ brought in training levels based on decade old stereotypes? :rolleyes:

So, in the interest of breaking “decade old stereotypes”, what are the new flying hour numbers for PLAAF/PLAN Aviation? And I mean straightforward numbers, no meandering illogic that is often bandied about as facts and truths regarding the PLAAF/PLAN. Something that’s not confusing… :rolleyes:

Russia To Buy British Robot Rescue Sub
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Moscow

Russia said Jan. 17 it was buying a British robot submarine of the type that last year helped rescue seven of its sailors stranded on the seabed.

“We are going to order this year a British Scorpio craft to carry out crew rescue missions and also various civilian missions,” Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said, according to Russian news agencies.

Moscow will base the transportable version, which can be carried by cargo aircraft, at St. Petersburg in northwest Russia.

The usefulness of the Scorpio — and the failings of the Russian military — were highlighted last August when seven Russian sailors in the AS-28 “Priz” mini-submarine were trapped 625 feet under water in the Pacific Ocean for more than 75 hours.

They were finally brought to the surface after a remote-controlled British Scorpio-45 vessel flown from Scotland cut through the cables and nets ensnaring the Russian submarine.

The incident, following the loss of the Kursk submarine and its 118 crew in the Barents Sea in August 2000, highlighted the Russian military’s lack of transparency and resources.

None of the current permanent members will allow any new permanent members to have the power of veto-period. The secretary general as well as other key groups and people with in the UN are also opposed to the extension of the power of veto. Its not going to happen.

Then the UN will be even more irrelevant in the 21st century world than it already is. Which in the long run will be good because the UN is already next to useless in most matters of import. With it retaining a world outlook that was relevant in 1945 in the 21st century, the UN will be digging its own grave. All the better, I say.

Because Israel did, to an extent, the same thing Saddam did: they occupied territory that didn’t belong to them.

Just want to comment on just this one point for now cuz I’m running late but I would disagree with you equating Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait with Israel’s annexation of additional territories. Saddam was the aggressor against Kuwait while Israel was agressed upon, it was Israel that was invaded not the other way around. The war was imposed upon Israel not the other way around. Why can’t Israel annex territory as reparations against the agressor? There have been many historical precedents set in that regard.

There’s UNSC resolutions and there’re national security priorities. No nation would voluntarily choose to follow UNSC resolutions if it adversely affects its national security position. Israel is not immune, it has the political and military capability to ignore it.

Secondly, Egypt gets slightly less in US aid than Israel, why not complain about that? In either case, it’s not really money wasted on Israel or Egypt, they spend that money on US goods and services. Call it corporate welfare but don’t call it a waste 😉

Criticize Israel’s policies, criticize Israel’s tarrif structure, criticize Israel’s human rights violation but don’t bring its creation as some mistake by the Brits. The Brits made a lot of mistakes in a lot of places, shall we bring up each and every one of them up as well? Israel is no different than Kuwait or South Africa or even Libya; its borders were drawn by Europeans. It’s just that Israel has the military power to redraw its borders, what’s the harm in that?

The “tumblehome” hull is the main issue regarding stability and survivability, not the superstructure.

The AIM-7 was successfully transformed into the RIM-7 AKA, Sea Sparrow and then ESSM. The AIM-9 was successfully redeveloped into the RAM, of course it borrows a few parts from the ESSM and the SM-2.

Speaking of the RAM, the RAM is an example of a recent boxed launcher that is finding its way onto some of the most modern ships produced today. The RAM is much more advanced than the Trishul however. Its warhead is twice the weight of the Trishul’s while having an equivalent range. Also, the RAM is significantly slimmer than the Trishul which allows the RAM to be packaged in a whopping 21 cell box.

The P-15A looks potent

Save that judgement for when the ship actually is commissioned… around 2010-2011. By then, I’m not sure if it will still be the sharpest tool in the toolbox.