So who is actually *HAPPY* to have a Pacific subsim?

[ScottD]

Originally Posted by malkuth74

Not going to happen. Subs are made by US ShipPorts that are bought and paid for with US tax dollars.

Planes are a different story. Companies Build the planes and hope and prey the Military buys the contracts.

Nope...those aircraft are also bought with Tax payer dollars. And the names assigned to them are often selected by the military. While I agree that companies have a right to protect their products and product names, they shouldn't be adversarial over it.

Getting back on topic...General Dynamics owns Electric Boat Company, who has been building most of the US Submarines for the past 80 years or so. GD takes a very good approach to licensing its products, all it requires is the company to donate to the "Toys-for-Tots" program run by the USMC for permission to use its products for toys or Models. There is a local model importer who is trying to get Congress to pass a law that defense contractors cannot collect royalties on DOD bought equipment. Its still working its way though Congress the last time I checked.