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Again, there is no need for a nuclear powered carrier and her support ships to transit the straights if a conflict is inevitable. They can stand off in the gulf of Oman, deep blue water, and attack at will. "We'll launch a missile at the carrier!" - Uh, missiles need targeting data of one type...

Disagree on NK. First of all, North Korea does not have nuclear weapons. Both of their tests were colossal failures, none yielding more than 2 to 3 kilotons - fizzles. In contrast, the energy released by the jets impacting the WTC were about the same as the NK tests. You don't win a war (or...

No I have not... Now you will have to explain! ;) I think I may know where you are going. Often child prodigies are ruthlessly exploited by parents and managers, and their lives wrecked by greed when all they want to do is be a kid and enjoy their talent. Hopefully that won't be the case here.

Ah yes, we must never let a discussion of anything geopolitical pass by without taking cheap shots at the USA. Tell me please, what Abu Graib has to do with the straights of Hormuz and hypothetical military confrontations there? If I showed a picture of an Iranian Adulterer swinging by the...

Jackie Evancho is a schoolgirl from Pittsburgh, USA... and I heard her sing for the first time last night on a local TV station. The whole thing was surreal... I thought it was a joke. Here's this little girl, 11 years old, with perfect pitch, an astonishing range, and the power of a grown...

It is SO difficult to say. I personally think yes, they prevented an all-out mechanized war, but there were plenty of smaller proxy wars with immense human suffering. Interestingly, both sides are now openly acknowledging that A) The USSR had no real intention of invading Europe, and B) The...

Any American even remotely knowledgeable about this era acknowledges that the USA dropped the ball after the Soviets withdrew. It's all well & good to kick some Soviet rear - they were our bitter enemy after all - but to leave a giant void behind of poverty and suffering wasn't smart. Warlords...

I do. I don't think it's gritty. It's more like art deco. Art deco makes one think of the 1920's and 1930's - the unique curves, the materials, cast iron, the stone. All of the super skyscrapers going up in Shaghai, Hong Kong, are (to me) soulless entities of glass and steel. BTW, I would...

Nukes are wildly overrated as a military tool. They have some value as a vengeance weapon, but vengeance rings hollow when your own nation is in ashes. Additionally, nukes do not prevent wars. North Korea, North Vietnam, and China were engaged in heavy conventional combat with a nuclear...

Those 1930's vintage buildings have great character. When people show all the new skyscrapers in Asia, it leaves me cold because they have no character, no soul. That's just me. In the end, people prefer different things. NYC is fascinating, bold, colorful, brash, scary at times. But I...

That is because it takes age to have a mighty beard instead of a bad teenage scraggle! ;) I told my son, "don't even think about growing facial hair unless you can get away with it." Like this guy - "Grizzly Adams."

This is amusing... People are bashing the Space Shuttle, which could launch 6 or more people plus an enormous payload into orbit, while they are all jazzed about a 2 or 3 person capsule that was finally able to execute an orbital rendezvous, something the USA and the USSR did in the early...

The average America looked at the support of the Muj. in the Afghan-Soviet conflict as (right or wrong) payback for Vietnam. The USSR provided North Vietnam with vast quantities of materiel, expert advice, even engineers to help construct SAM sites and the like.

No one is forcing the Chinese to wear blue jeans, eat KFC, or watch a Hollywood movie. It's called free market choice.

Just sad all around.

44 lb = 704 ounces = $ 1,126,000 U.S. Not too shabby. I guess the guy thought his freedom was worth more than $1 million... no one would abandon that unless he thought his life or his freedom was in danger.

Oh RLLY? Cool story, Bro.

Ignore the politics for a moment, and focus on the forces... Look at a map pf the Gulf, the straights, and the horn of Africa; Oman. Now, consider the combat radius of the F/A-18 Hornet, the range of cruise missiles, the offensive arms that a Carrier group has ready to go. Do Iranians...

Thank you. I wasn't even going to address such a silly comment - that "only soldiers who believe in an afterlife will fight." As if a military recruiter has to check into their religious beliefs before allowing them to join. "Do you believe you will live again if killed in battle? Yes...

A supervolcano could go off... NASA does no studies along those lines. There are volcanoes beneath our feet that are 10,000 X Krakatoa and similar. Or... Alien invasion! :devil: