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pritchke · 10-05-2004, 12:09 PM

Johnny is correct, more money should be spent on healthcare and education and social security.

The military of the future should be toned down to fight urban warfare and terrorist, not land wars. New less expensive, technology is the ticket. Replace all those tanks with a few types of all-terrain surveillance vehicles, robots that disarm bombs, and troops that act more like SWAT teams than soldiers. Less equipment of better quality and a more defined purpose should be able to reduce military budgets so more funds can be redirected to things that are important. It isn't only Europe that is in a cold war, all those US Carriers, and battleships are not much good against terrorist cells in some North American city.

Then there are countries like Canada who are the other extreme they are still using the same vehicles they used at the start of the cold war. It takes so much time and money to maintain equipment that is just cheaper to replace or destroy it. I am still waiting for a sea king to fall on my head. Better they be replaced by some type of search and rescue type helicopter. A few years ago they purchased some old nuclear British submarines that had leaks. What a waste of tax payers money. What do we need cold war submarines for. A better purchase would be some type of transport vessel so we don't need to have troops hitch a free ride from the US everytime troops are deployed.

[ 10-05-2004, 12:12 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

10-05-2004, 12:09 PM	#9
pritchke Bastet - Egyptian Cat Goddess Join Date: September 5, 2001 Location: Calgary, AB Age: 50 Posts: 3,491	Johnny is correct, more money should be spent on healthcare and education and social security. The military of the future should be toned down to fight urban warfare and terrorist, not land wars. New less expensive, technology is the ticket. Replace all those tanks with a few types of all-terrain surveillance vehicles, robots that disarm bombs, and troops that act more like SWAT teams than soldiers. Less equipment of better quality and a more defined purpose should be able to reduce military budgets so more funds can be redirected to things that are important. It isn't only Europe that is in a cold war, all those US Carriers, and battleships are not much good against terrorist cells in some North American city. Then there are countries like Canada who are the other extreme they are still using the same vehicles they used at the start of the cold war. It takes so much time and money to maintain equipment that is just cheaper to replace or destroy it. I am still waiting for a sea king to fall on my head. Better they be replaced by some type of search and rescue type helicopter. A few years ago they purchased some old nuclear British submarines that had leaks. What a waste of tax payers money. What do we need cold war submarines for. A better purchase would be some type of transport vessel so we don't need to have troops hitch a free ride from the US everytime troops are deployed. [ 10-05-2004, 12:12 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]