It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by The1Prettiest1One
reply to post by MikeboydUS
Why wouldn't the same rules apply to entitlements as to war as far as the dollar making its trip?
Russia has signaled its intent to press ahead with the sale of 72 cruise missiles to Syria, believed to be worth at least $300 million
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov announced to journalists that, “the contract is in progress.” The minister added his country was also bent on carrying through on promises to deliver several Bastion anti-ship missile systems to Syria.
Capable of carrying a payload of 273 pounds and traveling 184 miles, the supersonic cruise missiles are considered very accurate. They are designed to travel just yards above the surface of the water, making it difficult to either intercept or identify by radar.
Russian weapons sales to Damascus provoked Israeli ire in May after Moscow said it was supplying Syria with MiG-29 fighter jets, Pantsir short-range air defense systems and armored vehicles
You guys have no idea what America could bring down on other nations if we are mobilized ---- Economic / Strategic mobilization.
If I were a country with a U.S. carrier battle group off my coast....I would be VERY worried. Split Infinity
You guys have no idea what America could bring down on other nations if we are mobilized ---- Economic / Strategic mobilization.
Originally posted by MikeboydUS
Originally posted by The1Prettiest1One
reply to post by MikeboydUS
Why wouldn't the same rules apply to entitlements as to war as far as the dollar making its trip?
If it is done optimally, ensuring no tax loop holes, it will bring substantial revenue.
www.albawaba.com...
Senior European sources said that Arab jet fighters, and possibly Turkish warplanes, backed by American logistic support will implement a no fly zone in Syria's skies, after the Arab League will issue a decision, under its Charter, calling for the protection of Syrian civilians. The sources told Kuwait's al Rai daily that the no fly ban will include a ban on the movement of Syrian military vehicles, including tanks, personnel carriers and artillery, adding that this move would aim at curbing the movement of Assad forces, and cripple their ability to bomb cities. The European sources said the no fly ban might lead to the paralysis of the Syrian regime forces "in less than 24 hours.'' Meanwhile, it is reported that the leadership of the Turkish General Staff informed all the concerned parties with the Syrian issue its rejection of the idea that the Turkish army would launch any invasion to the Syrian territory including the area adjacent to the Turkish border to establish a "buffer zone" to protect civilians fleeing the violence.
Originally posted by MikeboydUS
reply to post by milkyway12
It is true most Americans have no idea how powerful our military actually is, but it is restrained by politics.
The US Air Force is larger than China's and Russia's combined. The US Navy's level of superiority is even larger, bigger than Russia's, China's, and even the rest of NATO's combined.
We have far more modern main battle tanks or gunships than Russia or China. Using combined arms tactics, our US Army and Marine armor and aviation units would overcome any advantage that Russian or Chinese forces would have from their numerous infantry units.
The good thing is the Russians do know this and they are thankfully not suicidal.
Amidst calls for all US citizens to leave Syria, the USS George H.W. Bush has arrived off the coast of Syria in clear defiance of Russian warships sent to help deter NATO from any action in Syria.
Originally posted by Trustme333
reply to post by SplitInfinity
If I were a country with a U.S. carrier battle group off my coast....I would be VERY worried. Split Infinity
What, worried about a weapon even you say is not in service yet and probably not fully tested or approved..
Most of the post Cold War designs, railguns, drones, exoskeletons, etc., are homegrown American.