"Raymond O'Hara" wrote in message
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and you want to spend billions on pure fantasy speculation?

Thats what defense planning amounts to

who has anything anywhere near as good as what wer have?

Russia and increasingly China

who is building up anything.

Russia, China, India , Iran

its not the 1930s

No its the 21st century where increasing numbers of industrialized
nations are chasing decreasing natural resources. The prospect
of nation deciding it needs to go to war to secure its oil supply
has happened before - see Pearl Harbor

Then there's the continuing radicalisation in the Muslim world
and rising Russian nationalism.

its not the cold war.
so stop fighting WWII andWWIII, they aren't going to happen as you
imagine.

Or as you do. What planners are expected to do is work on
the basis of capabilities not intentions. Todays ally can become
an enemy overnight. See Iran as an example.

Keith