mrstickball said:
highwaystar101 said:
mrstickball said:
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China is not a US ally....By a long shot. It's about the worst country you could sell it to. Selling such plans to OBL wouldn't matter, because terrorists don't have the cash to reverse-engineer such a plane, and use it. China does. |
Ah ok the. I thought China had some kind of alliance based on trade with the USA. But looked it up, it doesn't. Must have dreamed it lol.
China would never attack the USA in any case. They would immediately regret it, they would lose much of their industry overnight and have half the world at war with them. Having the plans for one plane will not give them any advantages in fighting the best and largest funded military in the world.
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actually I just had a thought, kind of like insurance for the sale of your technology. If the military developed a system that could detect the stealth technology in the B2 stealth planes, so they could be detected with ease by the USA. Then sell the secrets ,make the money but not be at a disadvantage. It could not be hard.
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I am not arguing that China would attack the US. It would indeed be foolish.
My issue is that the balance of power would change. China has been a very aggressive nation since it fell under Communism in the 40s. One of the biggest advantages the US has in the pacific theater is the stealth bomber as a deterrent from Chinese aggression - it would allow us, in the event of war, to cripple China's railway system, which is very critical to their trasportation of war material to the area of battle.
Should China have the ability to detect our bombers, it would be virtually impossible to penetrate Chinese airspace to hamper their war efforts, thus shifting the balance of power in the pacific theater to China.
This would allow them far more leeway in saber ratting with Korea, Japan, Taiwan, or any other problematic country. Not a worthwhile exercise for a measly $50b.
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Couldn't we just use Cruise Missles to blow up their railroads? I mean we use those for everything.
