From: DDoyle9570@aol.com
Date: Sat May 15 2004 - 08:06:46 PDT
Their lack of a carrier
force really hinders their ability to challenge
us. You don't build a functional carrier force in
a few years. It takes a decade or more.
I dunno a bit over the sixty years ago the US went from about six carriers to dozens in less than 5 years....and they were terribly effective and functional. All it takes is unbridled determination and money. The US today is so accustomed to the entangled budgetary debates, political posturing and enviromental concerns that we have forgotten how much can be accomplished in a short period of time without those encumberances.
It is not unusual today for it to take 10-20 years for the United States to field a new military vehicle. During WWII many designs went from designing board to battlefield between 1942 and 1945-because it had to be done and the nation wanted to do it. Some parts of the world still have this shear determination-which coupled with an indifference to political fallout-presents a formidable force.
My .02,
David Doyle
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