tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post8757833309929284262..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Made In Israel: The Israli Navy's New Combat VesselFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-36615081421175171472014-02-10T08:48:21.312-08:002014-02-10T08:48:21.312-08:00I read your post about the Us developing these thi...I read your post about the Us developing these things as well. While this might be impressive, I fail to see how this does anything to does anything to address the deficiencies the US relativ4 to adversaries and potential adversaries such as Russia and China. In order to this, the US would need, at a minimum, a new generation of generation of military submarines as well as substantial upgrades to the nuclear arsenal and the delivery systems associated with them. <br /><br />Even if the US did manage to construct underwater drones, since the US does not have the appropriately skilled engineers and other skilled personnel relative to Russia, China, and other potential adversaries, the US product would be inferior to anything the Russians and Chinese already have or will have and it will cost significantly more to develop as well than what it will cost others to develop. <br /><br />Since Israel does have the appropriately skilled personnel and their product will be better than anything America can hope to build in the near to mid term, it seems the sensible course of action for the US Navy would be to enter into a contract with Israel to purchase these things from them. The product we would get would cost less and it would be a better product. <br /><br />For a country in the dire financial straits that America is in and has a massive shortage of the kind of skilled personnel needed for such a project, such an act as seeking to procure items such as this from an ally seems like a no brainer. Of course with US leadership in the state that it is currently in, stupid behavior has become the norm. B.Posternoreply@blogger.com