US Navy Admiral Questions Expensive Stealth Platforms

Trepidity writes "United States Navy Admiral and Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert stirred a controversy by questioning much of the thinking underlying current U.S. defense technology. He argues that stealth technology is unlikely to retain its usefulness much into the future, and so focus should switch towards standoff weapons. In addition, he criticizes the focus on expensive all-in-one platforms such as the F-35 fighter, arguing for a payload-centric, flexible approach he compares to trucks rather than luxury cars."

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Re:Diplomacy does not always work

[Daniel Dvorkin]

Hey, look, it's Internet Tough Guy!

Do you really think there's anyone here who doesn't understand that "we do not live in an ideal world"? We can acknowledge this fact and still try to make the world a little less, well, non-ideal. Some ways to do this are to maintain a military adequate to defend our territory and meet our treaty obligations without sinking our economy into the military machine, rely on diplomacy as our first option for resolving conflicts with other nations, and resort to force only when there's no other option.

Of course, if you'd rather, feel free to keep making ominous pronouncements about big sticks. And when it comes time to swing that stick, you're welcome to be first over the top. I did my time, in Daddy Bush's war. When and where did you step up to the plate to back your rhetoric?