Pentagon to Destroy $1.2 Billion in Surplus Ammo

[dupa]

The years of the US being in isolation will never return. Our forces being stationed all over the place creates a certain stability that allows for the free trade that generates the revenue that allows the US to operate the way it does. Right or wrong we will always provide aid and our groups will always be present around the world. And pulling back will only create unrest and that's not good for business

[Lumpy]

Something is not adding up. We need to follow the money - because it IS going SOMEWHERE.

I'd have to crunch the numbers to give cites, but mainly what the USA spends enormous sums of money on is strategic systems. For example, we have reconnaissance and CCC systems that outclass every other country on the planet (you see Russia or China deploying drones anywhere?) Our nuclear submarines and carrier task forces essentially guarantee open seas. We've sunk a ******* of money into "the best at any cost" fighter planes. In short what we're spending so much money on is an unparalleled ability to project power globally. Other nations have large militaries in terms of manpower and ground assets, but they're almost all local or regional powers. Which begs the question of how the USA would match up in a ground war. We may currently be like the British Empire during the Crimean War, when Britannia ruled the waves but marching 50 miles inland was another proposition.

[jshuberg]

Don't forget cyber warfare. I guarantee that a significant amount of DoD budgets are being allocated for cyber warfare training and infrastructure.

There a quite a few people who believe that WWIII has already started, and it's being fought online.

[xd ED]

Don't forget cyber warfare. I guarantee that a significant amount of DoD budgets are being allocated for cyber warfare training and infrastructure.

There a quite a few people who believe that WWIII has already started, and it's being fought online.

Traveling outstate this week, I caught a story on NPR about just this topic. It certainly isn't going away.

Military Grooms New Officers for War in Cyberspace

Last year the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., began requiring freshmen to take a semester on cybersecurity, and it is adding a second required cyber course for juniors next year.
The school offered a major in cyber operations for the first time this year to the freshman class, and 33 midshipmen, or about 3 percent of the freshmen, signed up for it. Another 79 are majoring in computer engineering, information technology or computer science, bringing majors with a computer emphasis to about 10 percent of the class.
"There's a great deal of interest, much more than we could possibly, initially, entertain," said the academy's superintendent, Vice Adm. Michael Miller.

[gunsmith]

[jshuberg]

I've spent the last week in training with Microsoft's cyber security architect. He has some stories of things that have happened already that would raise the hair in the back of your neck.

[Stugotz]

I've spent the last week in training with Microsoft's cyber security architect. He has some stories of things that have happened already that would raise the hair in the back of your neck.

Do share!

[gunsmith]

I've spent the last week in training with Microsoft's cyber security architect. He has some stories of things that have happened already that would raise the hair in the back of your neck.

The Die Hard movie....Live free or Die Hard was excellent...it featured 'The Apple Guy'



In 'The Net' they were using floppies

[dupa]

Can't imagine that those other countries on that chart are being 100 percent honest either. Have to question the integrity of that data

[20mm]

I've spent the last week in training with Microsoft's cyber security architect. He has some stories of things that have happened already that would raise the hair in the back of your neck.

I'd totally believe the stories, especially if training took place at the local strip club. Err, I mean the Microsoft cyber security center and training facility.