Your turn America

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by magicstix

I'd tend to debate that, given that the railgun and free electron laser have both been cancelled, as has the airborne laser (which granted was a test bed). The LCS is nothing more than a floating hull since they've cancelled all of the mission modules.

The problem is that contractors need to be held accountable for failures, which isn't happening. There is a lot of "you've sunk 5 million into this project that doesn't work already, so what's another 1 million?" Those extra millions tend to kill projects that are actually working and accomplishing things.

We can just outsource the work to China, they can make our weapons cheaper.

[magicstix]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

We can just outsource the work to China, they can make our weapons cheaper.

The problem with Chinese outsourcing is you get the quality you pay for, which is why some factories are starting to come home to the US and others are starting to move to other third world countries like Vietnam and India.

If we can hold out a bit China might collapse on itself, it wouldn't be the first time. The problem is that on the way down there's a very strong possibility China will resort to war. They've whipped up a patriotic fervor and imperial ambition that is pushing the Politburo to write checks their military can't cash.

[nikimcbee]

So we'll all have smurfy weapons.