"Robert Green" wrote in message
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"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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I have seen it listed from $ 600,000 to $ 1.2 million. Not sure if
the
higher price would include an atomic warhead or if that is just the
high
expolosive version.

Try eBay or Craig's List, I've seen them on there for half the cost.



I am saving my boxtops for one.
Either that or order one from China.

That's not as funny as you think. If China for any reason had to go to
war,
they have tremendous manufacturing capacity (as we had in WWII) to make
weapons. Right now they're making anti-ship missiles and special "carrier
killer" torpedoes in amounts that are essentially indefensible against.
They're able to do it using former Soviet weapons designers and because
they
have mass manufacturing know-how (they got from us!) and cheap labor. Our
military may not be ready to face a force that can seriously hurt it -
we've
been up to our necks fighting goat-herders and suicide bombers, not a
credible national military force. Especially one that wants to prove it
deserves a place at the table of world powers. Taiwan is where you can
expect WWIII to start, and if we open up any more SOLIC's like Libya, they
may feel the time may never be better to assert control over Taiwan by
military force.

--
Bobby G.



I agree. China has the population and could crank out lots of war materials
if they need to.

If it really comes to WW3 our carrirers will not be worth much. A nuke
exploded within a couple of miles will take them out. What does China call
their anti ship missle, a Silkworm ? Anyway if they launch 6 or 8 at a
time,the carrier does not stand much chance even without a nuke. That is
what hapened to Germany in ww2. They had a superior tank, but the US would
send 5 of the Shermans after one. Usually lost 3 or 4 to get each German
tank.
I think part of the Vietnam problem was we did not really want China to get
involved and that was close to 40 years ago.