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Maybe secrecy? If something goes wrong the population doesn't see it. There's less chance of it being captured on video (by either the local population or foreigners). Maybe it has something to do with the temperature - perhaps higher temperatures mean a higher chance of the rocket failing...

I'm not sure about what kind of subs Vietnam brought but Australia's subs would have different characteristics and be more expensive because of it. For instance, Australia's subs would need greater range (they need to travel further to reach their operational zone), they would be larger. In...

The increases in spending are all due to China. If we were afraid of Indonesia the spending would already have happened. But Indonesia is not a threat: it is an island nation with a rust bucket navy and a poorly maintained outdated air force. It may have millions of soldiers but they have no...

Indonesia won't be a threat to Australia's national security for years, and by years you'd be looking at a 50+ year timeframe. It simply doesn't have the air or naval power to challenge Australia's defences. It won't any time soon. But this military buildup is not that really anything unusual...

Without American intervention (or the threat of it) China would have taken the disputed islands by now and there's nothing India could do about it. China doesn't want to "work" with India to find a solution: it wants the land it claims is their's (and fair enough). There's no compromise in this...

Weren't there many here who said the Pak FA is (not will be, IS) the best plane to have ever flown? It was better than the F22, and would blow the F35 out of the sky. In fact the F35 was so useless in comparison to the might of the Pak FA there was no point in even producing the F35 - there was...

It's actually a really bad ranking with too much emphasis on quantity and not enough on quality. For example according to GFI North Korea has the most powerful submarine fleet in the world - when we all know they possess ancient rust buckets that are mostly small mini-subs.

Yes but these numbers only count in a short war. In a protracted conflict Germany would mobilize it's whole country and its industrial base. Once that happens there's no way India could beat Germany. India is still reliant on importing weapons (and other technology too). It has no ability to...

Yes this is a very astute observation. Have a look at the Arabs and how they performed against Western militaries or Israel . Equipment and pure numbers can only get you so far. Even countries like India or Pakistan might be suspect if put under pressure from an advanced, organised, Western...

The havoc we see in the Middle East is insignificant to what happens when you have great powers fighting each other in a multi polar world. The last time we had a multi polar world the world was nearly destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. Prior to that (WW2 era) 60 million died in a world war...

Yeah the problem is these discoveries were 100s if not 1000s of years ago. The world has moved on. We're planning human landings on mars, perhaps even setting up a permanent base there. We're finding out about the very makings of our universe, eg. with the Higgs Boson particle. Nuclear fission...

Add Russia and Brazil to the list: both of these countries are in deep recession. It's funny how it's always the US that's predicted to collapse. Not only does this never happen, it's America's enemies that collapse. How ironic. In the '80s the Soviet union was invincible and would herald the...

China cares. Besides, we can't have a situation where the world's progress is dependent on 600million westerners (not even 1/10 of the world's population.) At present if the West falls/destroys itself we stagnate as a species. Nearly all the world's major scientific discoveries, it's best...

America will be busy for another 5 years or so with ISIS. But after that they'll start looking for a target to attack. America never goes 10 years without a war. If a republican gets into office all bets are off, they might decide to take on ISIS and Iran in one giant offensive. That's how...

It's about time China started contributing to the word's scientific development. For a country of over 1 billion people who possess an average IQ that is the highest in the world (or 2nd highest if you include some sects of Jews) they have not really produced anything of note for hundreds of...

The Syrian war has had its ebbs and slows, the recent gains from Assad's forces are not indicative that they will win militarily any time soon. The Syrian army has proven itself to be incompetent and even with Russian and Hezbollah help, they remain the main ground force and hence the terminal...

You're right in sense, America, or any any superpower in its place will never bring peace.But the alternative is worse: eg, if the Soviets had no opponent we'd probably all be under communist rule right now. As far as empires go America is fairly benevolent. Just have a look at the other great...

Well Russia doesn't have the ability to invade Syria in large numbers (due to lack of logistics). It has a few thousand troops, most of them there for logistics, in Syria now, that is about their limit. It only entered Syria with Syrian cooperation. So yes Syria could last for more than a week...

There's nothing to "win" in Syria, the place is a wreck and will be for a generation. I don't think America wants a presence in that country and it has done everything possible to avoid direct involvement in the conflict. Only ISIS forced them to intervene and it is only with air power. The...

Yup. It's amazing how much doubt people have towards this plane. America has never had a failed fighter yet. If there's one thing America is good at it's building weapons. I would back America any day of the week to deliver this project successfully. I think people just like to hate on...